Museum number:
| APM 16.567 |
Subcollection:
| pijpen overige materialen |
Title:
| tabakspijp |
Keyword:
| agate with silver mounting |
Description:
|
Tobacco pipe made in agate with high four-sided bowl, flat bottom and short ascending four-sided stem. Mounting in silver with square flap lid topped with square button, square cuff mounting with round stem retainer with locking eye, debossed silver mark V in contour. Original black horn stem with octagonal center and space for a pipe cleaner, curved flattened end. Lock chain with silver pipe cleaner. |
Date:
| Period | 1820 - 1850 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 8,4 cm |
| Width | 2,5 cm | |
| Stem | Length | 5 cm |
| Length total | 25,5 cm |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | manchetpijp |
| Pipe shape | vierzijdig |
| Material | agaat (steen) |
| Technique | geslepen |
| Colour | roze |
| Other materials | zilver (metaal), buffelhoorn (dierlijk materiaal) |
| Finish | gemonteerd |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Contintent | Europa |
| Region International | West-Europa |
| Country | Duitsland |
| Region National | Rijnland-Palts |
| City | Idar-Oberstein (?) |
| Mark | V in contour (ingeslagen, deksel) |
Acquisition
| Year | 2002 |
| Provenance | Bristol, The Bristol Auction Rooms, lot 704 |
| Bristol, W.D. & H.O. Wills pipe collection, <1920-2002 |
Exhibition
| Presentatie W.D. & H.O. Wills Hartcliffe Factory, Bristol, 1974-1990. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, kabinetkast, 2002-2013. |
| Amsterdam, Amsterdam Pipe Museum, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, kabinetkast, v.a. 2013. |
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