Museum number:

APM 7.475

Subcollection:

clay pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

bird's claw

Description:

Tabakspijp van klei met ovale ketel, zonder hiel en rechte steel met knoop. Ketel onderzijde in reliëf vogelklauw met vier tenen. Steel rechts in reliëf modelnummer "1527". Steel intaglio "FLAMANDE GAMBIER A PARIS M.H".

Date:

Period 1890 - 1910


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.42 in (3.6 cm)
Width1.22 in (3.1 cm)
StemLength5.51 in (14 cm)
Weight19 gram
Characteristics
Pipe type stem pipe
Pipe shape oval
Materialpipe clay (ceramic)
Techniquepress moulded
Colourwhite
Traces of use ongerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryFrance
Region nationalArdennes
TownGivet
MakerGambier
Trade number 1527
Trade name flamande courte griffe
Mark "FLAMANDE GAMBIER A PARIS M.H" (intaglio, steel)
Acquisition
Year 1979
Provenance Amsterdam, antiekmarkt De Looier
Parijs, Porte de Vanves, antiekmarkt, 1979
Comments
Vgl. APM 8.622 hetzelfde model in rode klei.
Literature
Don Duco, Jaarverslag Pijpenkabinet en Pijpenkamer Icon 1979. Amsterdam, 1980. p 2, afb 2. Dit exemplaar.
Exhibition
Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, vitrine 19de eeuw, 29 september 1982 - december 1987.

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