Museum number:
| APM 8.121 |
Subcollection:
| pipes various materials |
Title:
| cigarette pipe |
Keyword:
| filigree, sitting bird |
Description:
Cigarette holder made of silver with long tubular shape with slight upward bend. Tube shape longitudinally provided with filigree cover with curled motifs alternating with soldered diamonds and rosettes centrally in high relief sitting bird the beak from the smoker, in front of a flower consisting of a six pointed leaves with in the centre a setting in which a green cut glass stone. Amber mouthpiece with flattened shape. |
Date:
| Period | 1890 - 1920 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 0.83 in (2.1 cm) |
| Length | 8.46 in (21.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | tubular pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | silver (metal) |
| Technique | soldered |
| Colour | white |
| Other materials | amber (stone) |
| Oher techniques | cut |
| Other colours | yellow-brown |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Balkans |
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina (?) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1999 |
| Provenance | Hertsberge, collectie Hugo Perquy, 1988-1999 |
| Brussel, antiekhandel, 1988, prijs Bfr. 2.200 (Dfl. 123,-) |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 9, v.a. 2001. |
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