Museum number:
| APM 5.581d |
Subcollection:
| clay pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| "JE SUIS LE BON JACOB" (I am the good Jacob) |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van klei met figurale ketel, zonder hiel en korte oplopende steel met manchet. Ketel hoofd Jacob met snor en lange uitwaaierende baard en tulband met tekstlint "JE SUIS LE BON JACOB". Steel onderzijde in rechthoekig naamschild "JACOB". Schilderemail in groen, roze, zwart en wit. Oorspronkelijke montage met semi-weichselhouten roer met zwart plastic mondstuk, borgkoordje met goudkleurig plastic belletje. |
Date:
| Period | 1945 - 1955 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 2.36 in (6 cm) |
| Bowl | Height | 1.85 in (4.7 cm) |
| Width | 1.18 in (3 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.57 in (4 cm) |
| Length total | 6.89 in (17.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | press moulded |
| Colour | brown |
| Other materials | plastic (synthetic material), wood |
| Finish | schilderemail |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | Belgium |
| Region national | Limburg (Belgian) |
| Town | Brée |
| Maker | Jean-Jacques Knoedgen |
Acquisition
| Year | 1993 |
| Provenance | Roermond, Jos Gubbels |
| Roermond, Koninklijke Gubbels, incourante voorraad, 1980-1993 | |
| Brée, Jean Hillen, <1960-1979 |
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