Museum number:
| APM 8.720 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| gilt sheet metal decoration |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of earthenware with cylindrical tapered bowl on weighted bottom, round base without heel and up going stem with stub. Fully cased in brass mount that follows the original stamped decoration of the earthenware pipe bowl with ornaments on a granulated fond. Bowl bottom intaglio "MAROT PALAIS ROYAL". Matching long wooden stem with twisted ivory mouthpiece in two parts decorated with constricted rings. |
Date:
| Period | 1840 - 1880 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.97 in (5 cm) |
| Stem | Length | 1.38 in (3.5 cm) |
| Length total | 37.01 in (94 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | ten sided |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | press moulded |
| Colour | red |
| Other materials | brass plate (metal), ivory (animal material), wood |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Asia |
| Region international | Western Asia |
| Country | Iran (?) |
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France |
| Region national | Ile de France |
| Town | Paris |
| Maker #1 | Marot (pipe decorator) |
| Mark | "MAROT PALAIS ROYAL" (stempel, metaal) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1985 |
| Provenance | Parijs, Denise Corbier, antiquaire |
| Parijs, antiekhandel, 1984 |
Exhibition
| Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, vitrine etnografie, maart 1985 - 31 december 1993. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 9, v.a. 2001. |
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