Museum number:
| APM 8.710 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| gilt sheet metal decoration |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of earthenware, so-called Chibouque with funnel-shaped bowl on dish, underside with a tongue to a short straight upward stem with stub. Pipe completely wrapped in brass-coloured sheet metal with embossed geometric ornaments derived from the gotic style, metal partly blackened. Bowl bottom intaglio "MAROT". |
Date:
| Period | 1840 - 1880 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.97 in (5 cm) |
| Width | 1.93 in (4.9 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.77 in (4.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | chibuk |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | thrown (potters' wheel), slip glued |
| Colour | red |
| Other materials | brass plate (metal) |
| Oher techniques | blackened |
| Other colours | gold colour |
| Finish | engobe, rood |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Asia |
| Region international | Western Asia |
| Country | Turkey |
| Region national | Istanbul (province) |
| Town | Istanbul |
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France |
| Region national | Ile de France |
| Town | Paris |
| Maker #1 | Marot (pipe decorator) |
| Mark | "MAROT" (stempel, ketel onderzijde) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1985 |
| Provenance | Parijs, Paul Bert, marché aux puces |
| Parijs, particulier bezit, <1975-1984 |
Literature
| Benedict Goes, 25 eeuwen roken; De verwonderlijke vormgeving van de pijp. , 1993. p 64, foto. Dit exemplaar. |
| Benedict Goes, The Intriguing Design of Tobacco Pipes. Leiden, 1993. p 64, foto. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Wenen, Österreichisches Tabakmuseum, tentoonstelling "Die 2000 Jährige Geschichte der Tonpfeifen", 23 juni 1994 - 10 september 1994. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 9, v.a. 2001. |
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