Museum number:
| APM 538 |
Subcollection:
| wooden pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| carburator |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van bruyère met buldog ketel, ronde onderzijde zonder hielmarkering en oplopende rechte overhoekse tige. Ketel onder de filt twee concentrische ingesnoerde ringen, gepolijst. Ketelbodem doorboord waarin een puntig aluminium buisje als vochtsluis steekt. Tige links intaglio "STEEL'S PAT NO. 8394 MADE IN FRANCE" en rechts tige "272". Oorspronkelijk zwart caoutchouc roer met overhoekse aanzet en afgeplat gebogen mondstuk, links bij tige intaglio merk "STEEL'S". |
Date:
| Period | 1940 - 1965 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.46 in (3.7 cm) |
| Width | 1.54 in (3.9 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.77 in (4.5 cm) |
| Length total | 4.53 in (11.5 cm) | |
| Weight | 35 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | insert pipe |
| Pipe shape | bulldog |
| Material | briar (wood) |
| Technique | milled |
| Colour | brown |
| Other materials | hardrubber (synthetic material) |
| Finish | gepolijst |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France |
| Region national | Jura |
| Town | Saint-Claude |
| Maker | Steel |
| Trade number | 272 |
| Mark | "STEEL'S PAT NO. 8394 MADE IN FRANCE" (intaglio, tige links) "STEEL'S" (intaglio, roer links) |
Acquisition
| Year | 2001 |
| Provenance | Bradford (West-Yorkshire), John Simpson |
| Bradford, particulier bezit, 1984-2001 |
Comments
| Ketelinhoud 3,4 ml. |
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