Museum number:

APM 6.269

Subcollection:

excavated pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

"DE MALAKOFF TOREN" (the Malakoff tower), fluted

Description:

Tabakspijp van klei zogenaamde omgezette polka met langgerekte ketel, zonder hiel en licht gebogen steel. Ketel in reliëf overlangs geribd, schuin over de semi hecht met de steel in reliëf links "DE MALAKOFF" en rechts "TOREN". Steel weerszijden in reliëf geslingerde bladerrank met bloemen.

Date:

Period 1855 - 1880


Dimensions:

BowlHeight2.17 in (5.5 cm)
Width1.06 in (2.7 cm)
StemLength2.56 in (6.5 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stem pipe
Pipe shape converted Polka
Materialpipe clay (ceramic)
Techniquepress moulded
Colourwhite
Traces of use ongerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryThe Netherlands
Region nationalSouth Holland
TownGouda
Acquisition
Year 1977
Provenance Amsterdam, Rob van Kempen
Excavation site Gouda, omgeving, aangevoerde grond, 1970
Comments
Ketelinhoud 12 ml.
Literature
Don Duco, De naam van de pijp (deel I-II). Amsterdam, 1979. p 7, afb 10. Dit exemplaar.
D.H. Duco (Don Duco), Gouda. Leiden, 1988. p 86, afb 101. Dit exemplaar.

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