Museum number:

APM 9.464

Subcollection:

ethnographic pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

dish pipe, sheet meteal decoration

Description:

Tobacco pipe made of earthenware, so-called chibouque with funnel-shaped bowl on dish, flat bottom and ascending stem with stub. Bowl and stem covered in die-cut gilded sheet metal sleeve with geometric decoration with round de bowl and stem gothic ornaments. Stem bottom intaglio "MAROT" on a granulated fond.

Date:

Period 1840 - 1870


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.85 in (4.7 cm)
Width1.77 in (4.5 cm)
StemLength1.57 in (4 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape chibuk
Materialpottery (ceramic)
Techniquethrown (potters' wheel), slip glued
Colourred
Other materialsbrass plate (metal)
Oher techniquesgilt
Finish engobe, rood
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentAsia
Region internationalWestern Asia
CountryTurkey
Region nationalIstanbul (province)
TownIstanbul (?)
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryFrance
Region nationalIle de France
TownParis
Maker #1Marot (pipe decorator)
Mark "MAROT" (ingeslagen, steel)
Acquisition
Year 1986
Provenance Rotterdam, Sebastiaan Ostkamp
Brussel, Vossenplaats, 1986, prijs Dfl. 50,-
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
Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, vitrine etnografie, december 1986 - 31 december 1993.
Leeuwarden, Princessehof, tentoonstelling "Turkomanie", 1990.
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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