Museum number:
| APM 4.243 |
Subcollection:
| clay pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| head man with pointed hair |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of clay with figural bowl, without heel and straight stem with button end. Bowl head of a circus performer with the hair in a point on the forehead and on both cheeks and the forehead a dot. Stem intaglio "L. FIOLET A ST.OMER FRANCE". Painted enamel in yellow, pink, blue, black and white. |
Date:
| Period | 1860 - 1890 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 2.28 in (5.8 cm) |
| Width | 1.14 in (2.9 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 5.12 in (13 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stem pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | press moulded |
| Colour | white |
| Finish | email, vijf kleuren |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France |
| Region national | Pas-de-Calais |
| Town | Saint-Omer |
| Maker | Firme L. Fiolet |
| Mark | "L. FIOLET A ST.OMER FRANCE" (intaglio, steel) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1993 |
| Provenance | Londen, Portobelloroad antiquemarket, Michael Clements |
| Londen, antiekhandel, 1993 |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, achterkamer, vitrine Frankrijk, v.a. 1999. |
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