Museum number:
| APM 9.524 |
Subcollection:
| excavated pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| warriors |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of clay with funnel-shaped hexagonal bowl and heel. Bowl opening round going ring with above milling. Bowl on every panel an embossed warrior in various uniforms in changing poses, engraved after prints by Jacob de Geyn. Heel left side mark Gouda coat of arms. |
Date:
| Period | 1740 - 1750 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.69 in (4.3 cm) |
| Width | 0.83 in (2.1 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stem pipe |
| Pipe shape | hexagon |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | press moulded |
| Colour | white |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | The Netherlands |
| Region national | South Holland |
| Town | Gouda |
| Maker #1 | Jacob Claris (?) |
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | The Netherlands |
| Region national | South Holland |
| Town | Gouda |
| Maker #2 | Boudewijn Claris (?) |
| Mark | meermin met spiegel (stempel, hiel) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1987 |
| Provenance | 's-Gravenhage, collectie Arthur van Esveld, coll nr I-12, c. 1976-1987 |
| Excavation site | Gouda, IJsselkade, stortmateriaal, 1976 |
Comments
| Uitkomst Friederich formule 43.21.15=14.190 1743 C4FF |
Literature
| D.H. Duco (Don Duco), De Nederlandse kleipijp, handboek voor dateren en determineren. Leiden, 1987. p 109, foto 41ab. Dit exemplaar. |
| Don Duco, De Nederlandse kleipijp, handboek voor determineren. Amsterdam, 2026. hfst 5, p 218, afb 206. Dit exemplaar. |
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