Museum number:

APM 8.563

Subcollection:

clay pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

bird's claw

Description:

Tabakspijp van klei met ovale ketel, zonder hiel en oplopende gebogen steel met afgeplat eind en onopvallende knoop. Snijfilt. Ketel onderzijde in reliëf vogelklauw met vier tenen en opvallende nagels. Geelwitte lak, steeleind ongelakt.

Date:

Period 1880 - 1910


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.69 in (4.3 cm)
Width1.65 in (4.2 cm)
StemLength4.13 in (10.5 cm)
Weight32 gram
Characteristics
Pipe type stem pipe
Pipe shape oval
Materialpipe clay (ceramic)
Techniquepress moulded
Colourwhite
Finish lak, geelwit
Traces of use ongerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryEngland
Acquisition
Year 1984
Provenance Londen, Portobelloroad antiquemarket
Londen, antiekhandel, 1984

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