Museum number:

APM 6.950

Subcollection:

excavated pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

kam

Description:

Tabakspijp van klei met Duitser ketel, zonder hiel en rechte steel. Ketel voorzijde kam. Steel intaglio "GAMBIER PARIS M*M DEPOSE".

Date:

Period 1870 - 1900


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.3 in (3.3 cm)
Width1.1 in (2.8 cm)
StemLength1.97 in (5 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stem pipe
Pipe shape pipe Paris
Materialpipe clay (ceramic)
Techniquepress moulded
Colourwhite
Traces of use ongerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryFrance
Region nationalArdennes
TownGivet
MakerGambier
Mark "GAMBIER PARIS M*M DEPOSE" (intaglio, steel)
Acquisition
Year 1978
Excavation site Givet, route de Famennes, fabrieksstort Gambier, 1978
Literature
Don Duco, Materiaal, vorm en versiering van de Gambierpijp. Amsterdam, 1981. p 11, afb 33. Dit exemplaar (merk).
Don Duco, Pipemarks from the Gambier Factory. Ponca City, OKHistoric Clay Tobacco Pipe Studies, /3, 1986. p 106, afb 17. Dit exemplaar (merk).

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