Museum number:
| APM 20.852 |
Subcollection:
| varia objecten |
Title:
| wall tile |
Keyword:
| squared with seated smoker |
Description:
Wall tile of faience with square shape, front painted in a standing square in multi-colors a sitting smoker turned to the right in a blue line with yellow, green, brown and purple set on, the frame of the squared yellow, the corners in blue saving technique. The four corners unobtrusive holes of the wooden tile board. |
Date:
| Period | 1610 - 1625 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 13,2 cm |
| Width | 13,4 cm | |
| Thickness | 1,4 cm |
Characteristics
| Material | aardewerk (ceramiek) |
| Technique | gerold |
| Colour | geel |
| Finish | glazuur, meerkleuren |
| Traces of use | slijtage |
Production
| Contintent | Europa |
| Region International | West-Europa |
| Country | Nederland |
| Region National | Zuid-Holland |
| City | Rotterdam (?) |
Acquisition
| Year | 2011 |
| Provenance | Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, 12 januari 1964-2011, nr DD096 |
| Middelstum, collectie G.A. Brongers, -1963 |
Comments
| Afgebeeld in: 'Sublime Tobacco's Art and History', The Illustrated London News, Christmas number, 1965, p 47. Bijschrift: An innovator in the art and craft of pipe-smoking, the man who blew smoke through his nose in 1600, portrayed in a delightfully naif many-coloured Dutch tile. |
Literature
| G.A. Brongers (Georg Alfred Brongers), Nicotiana tabacum; The History of Tobacco And Tobacco Smoking in the Netherlands. Groningen, 1964. p 41. Dit exemplaar. Bijschrift: A smoker blowing smoke through his nose - an amazing stunt for those days - depicted on a many-coloured Dutch tile dating from about 1600. |
| James West Davidson, Mark Hamilton Lytle, Serving Time in Virginia. New York, 2000. kaft en p 12. Dit exemplaar. |
| Wiard Krook, Wandtegels versierd met pijprokers: 'Tabackblasers' als wandversiering. LeidenJaarboek, /, 2013. p 137, afb 1. Dit exemplaar. |
| Don Duco, De Nederlandse kleipijp, handboek voor determineren. Amsterdam, 2026. hfst 1, p 13, afb 13. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Niemeyer Nederlands Tabacologisch Museum, vitrine 3, 1964-1974. |
| Parijs, Bazar de l'Hôtel de Ville, tentoonstelling "Les 50 pipes les plus extraordinaires de la célèbre collection Niemeyer", 1 oktober - 20 november 1966. |
| Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, 1978-2010, zolder. |
| Breda, Turfschip, tentoonstelling "Toeback-Tabak", 11-20 april 1981. |
| Zug (Zwitserland), tentoonstelling "Das Niemeyer Tabak Museum", 30 augustus 1994 - 3 november 1994. |
| Otterlo, Nederlands Tegelmuseum, tentoonstelling "Tegeltoppers", 18 november 2018 - 3 maart 2019. |
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