Museum number:
| APM 8.535a |
Subcollection:
| clay pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| bird's head with curved beak |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van klei met figurale ketel, zonder hiel en oplopende steel met manchet. Ketel kop van vogel met menselijke trekken met uitpuilende ogen, omhoog gebogen snavel en oren. Steel rechts in reliëf "GAMBIER A PARIS", steel links in liggend stippelovaal modelnummer "48". Schilderemail in roze en groen. |
Date:
| Period | 1860 - 1890 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 2.36 in (6 cm) |
| Width | 1.46 in (3.7 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 0.98 in (2.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | press moulded |
| Colour | white |
| Finish | email, twee kleuren |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France |
| Region national | Ardennes |
| Town | Givet |
| Maker | Gambier |
| Trade number | 48 |
| Trade name | bec d'oiseau, tête |
| Mark | JG (stempel, steel onderzijde) "GAMBIER A PARIS" (reliëf, steel rechts) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1984 |
| Provenance | Brussel, Josse Vandersteen, antiquair |
| België, verzamelaar, 1984 |
Exhibition
| Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, vitrine 19de eeuw, december 1984 - 31 december 1993. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 4, v.a. 2001. |
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