Museum number:

APM 15.659

Subcollection:

pijpen overige materialen

Title:

tabakspijp

Keyword:

caricatured face with big nose

Description:

Tobacco pipe made of antler with figural bowl representing a caricature face with big nose, the eyes of glass paste. Valve cover and cuff ring in silvered metal, both with concentric rings. Buffalo horn moist trap the base in the form of an acorn in the cap. Straight upright stem with smooth multi-sided lower part in which a long metal pipe cleaner with horn cap, the flexible part of the stem with green textile, horn mouthpiece with two knots. Lock chain from lid to the bowl. Locking cord from the bowl to the stem with twisted wooden spools.

Date:

Period 1870 - 1910


Dimensions:

BowlHeight12,5 cm
Width9,5 cm
StemLength8 cm
Length total48,5 cm
Characteristics
Pipe type insteekpijp
Pipe shape figuraal
Materialhertshoorn (dierlijk materiaal)
Techniquegesneden
Colourgeelbruin
Other materialsplaatmetaal (metaal), buffelhoorn (dierlijk materiaal)
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContintentEuropa
Region InternationalWest-Europa
CountryDuitsland
Region NationalThüringen
CityMeiningen (?)
Acquisition
Year 1999
Provenance Hertsberge, collectie Hugo Perquy, c. 1983-1999
Engeland, veilinghuis, c. 1983
Exhibition
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, kabinetkast, 1999-2013.
Amsterdam, Amsterdam Pipe Museum, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, kabinetkast, v.a. 2013.

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