Numéro de la collection:

APM 18.156

Sous-collection:

objets divers

Titre:

gift box

Mots-clés:

gift box with two clay pipes

Description :

Geschenkdoos van karton met rechthoekig model waarin onder een scharnierend deksel twee compartimenten waarin twee korte kleipijpen. Buitenzijde rood fluweel met op deksel in gouddruk "THE COMPANY OF TOBACCO PIPE MAKERS AND TOBACCO BLENDERS, WITH THE MASTER'S BEST WISHES". In deksel geplakte folder met "THESE PIPES ARE REPLICAS OF THE EARLIEST ELIZABETHAN CLAYS SMOKED IN LONDON IN THE 1580'S. THE ORIGINAL SHAPES WERE IMITATIVE OF THE INDIAN PIPES BROUGHT HOME BY THE SEA CAPTAINS AND COLONISTS IN THE DAYS OF HAWKINS AND DRAKE. THEIR TINY BOWL WERE DUE TO THE HIGH COSTS OF TOBACCO WHICH, WE MUST REMEMBER, WAS FIRST SOLD BY ELIZABETHAN DEALERS FOR ITS WEIGHT IN SILVER. (etc.).".

Date:

Période

1952 - 1960

Tailles:

General	Largeur	13,8 cm
	Thickness	5,3 cm