Museum number:
| APM 4.624a |
Subcollection:
| clay pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| "FOCH", "1918", general Foch |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van klei met figurale ketel, zonder hiel met oplopende steel en manchet. Ketel hoofd maarschalk Foch met pet met klep. Steel rechts in reliëf "FOCH" en links "1918". Geheel bedekt met gele lak, de ketelopening calciné gebrand. |
Date:
| Period | 1930 - 1940 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 2.05 in (5.2 cm) |
| Width | 1.3 in (3.3 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.57 in (4 cm) |
| Weight | 34 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | press moulded |
| Colour | white |
| Finish | lak, geelbruin |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | Belgium |
| Region national | West Flanders |
| Town | Kortrijk |
| Maker | De Bevere |
Acquisition
| Year | 1974 |
| Provenance | Mechelen, tabakszaak Windels, oude voorraad, <1965-1974 |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkamer Icon, permanente presentatie, vitrine Europa, augustus 1977 - september 1981. |
| Soltau, Stadtmuseum, reizende tentoonstelling "Tonpfeifen", 3 september 1988 - 28 oktober 1988, Uslar, "Tonpfeifen", december 1988 - januari 1989, Hamburg-Harburg, Helms-Museum, "Vom Tobaktrinken, die Geschichte des Rauchens und der Pfeifenbäckerei":, 26 februari 1989 - 5 mei 1989, Uelzen, Museum Schloss Holdenstedt, "Die Trückene Trunkenheit, Die Geschichte des Rauchens und der Pfeifenbäckerei", 11 juni 1989 - 8 september 1989. |
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