Museum number:

APM 5.858

Subcollection:

clay pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

crowned harp, twig

Description:

Tabakspijp van klei met kromkop ketel, hiel en rechte steel met knoop. Filtradering. Ketel weerszijden in reliëf harp gekroond en takjes eronder. Steel links in reliëf "MADE IN GERMANY". Geheel bedekt met donkerbruin gebrande lak.

Date:

Period 1905 - 1935


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.85 in (4.7 cm)
Width1.06 in (2.7 cm)
StemLength3.74 in (9.5 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stem pipe
Pipe shape asymmetrical oval
Materialpipe clay (ceramic)
Techniquepress moulded
Colourwhite
Finish lak, bruingebrand
Traces of use ongerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryGermany
Region nationalWesterwald
TownBaumbach
MakerWilhelm Klauer und Söhne
Trade number 148
Mark "MADE IN GERMANY" (reliëf, steel links)
Acquisition
Year 1976
Provenance Volendam, Fred Tymstra
Baumbach, Wilhelm Klauer Söhne KG, oude voorraad, <1940-1976
Literature
Don Duco, Jaarverslag Pijpenkamer Icon 1976: Opgegraven pijpen; Westerwald pijpen; Franse pijpen. Amsterdam, 1977. p 45. Dit exemplaar.

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