Museum number:
| APM 10.783 |
Subcollection:
| kleipijpen |
Title:
| tabakspijp |
Keyword:
| frog with snail shell on leaf |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of clay with figural bowl, without heel and figural stem with button end. Bowl placed on an elongated scalloped leaf on which a frog sits, a snail shell on its back. Bowl formed by the cochlea, the smoke through the stem of the leaf. Stem left embossed shape number "1672". Stem bottom intaglio mark "GAMBIER". |
Date:
| Period | 1910 - 1915 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 3,9 cm |
| Width | 5,8 cm | |
| Stem | Length | 18 cm |
| Weight | 60 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | steelpijp |
| Pipe shape | figuraal |
| Material | pijpaarde (ceramiek) |
| Technique | gekast |
| Colour | wit |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Contintent | Europa |
| Region International | West-Europa |
| Country | Frankrijk |
| Region National | Ardennes |
| City | Givet |
| Maker | Gambier |
| Trade number | 1672 |
| Trade name | fantaisie grenouille et escargot |
| Mark | "GAMBIER" (reliëf, steel onderzijde) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1989 |
| Provenance | Parijs, Biron, marché aux puces |
| Parijs, antiekhandel, 1989 |
Comments
| Vgl. APM 19.135 hetzelfde ontwerp in roodbakkende klei. |
Literature
| Benedict Goes, 25 eeuwen roken; De verwonderlijke vormgeving van de pijp. , 1993. p 33, foto. Dit exemplaar. |
| Benedict Goes, The Intriguing Design of Tobacco Pipes. Leiden, 1993. p 33, foto. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Wenen, Österreichisches Tabakmuseum, tentoonstelling "Die 2000 Jährige Geschichte der Tonpfeifen", 23 juni 1994 - 10 september 1994. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, achterkamer, vitrine Frankrijk, v.a. 1999. |
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