Museum number:

APM 7.489

Subcollection:

clay pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

plain

Description:

Tabakspijp van klei met hoge billiard ketel, zonder hiel en rechte oplopende insteeksteel. Onversierd. Steel links in reliëf "RADIA", rechts "A PARIS 1610". Oorspronkelijk nikkel busje met ingeslagen semi-zilvermerken.

Date:

Period 1900 - 1915


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.69 in (4.3 cm)
Width1.26 in (3.2 cm)
StemLength1.38 in (3.5 cm)
Weight48 gram
Characteristics
Pipe type insert pipe
Pipe shape billiard
Materialpipe clay (ceramic)
Techniquepress moulded
Colourwhite
Other materialsnickel (metal)
Traces of use ongerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryFrance
Region nationalArdennes
TownGivet
MakerGambier
Trade number 1610
Trade name tête oeuf forte
Mark "RADIA" (reliëf, steel links)
"A PARIS 1610" (reliëf, steel rechts)
Acquisition
Year 1979
Provenance Oud-Loosdrecht, René Hogguer
Brussel, antiekhandel, 1979
Literature
Don Duco, Materiaal, vorm en versiering van de Gambierpijp. Amsterdam, 1981. p 9, afb 10. Dit exemplaar (merk).
Don Duco, Pipemarks from the Gambier Factory. Ponca City, OKHistoric Clay Tobacco Pipe Studies, /3, 1986. p 109, afb 51. Dit exemplaar (merk).

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