Museum number:

APM 30.555

Subcollection:

kleipijpen

Title:

tabakspijp

Keyword:

elongated wall cabinet with groom's pipe

Description:

Tobacco pipe made of clay decorated as groom pipe with oval Gouda bowl, heel and straight stem with smooth cut stem end. Bowl left embossed on a right shaded pedestal sitting on a throne tsarina Catherine II with crown, scepter and palm branch against a background of ornamental work, in front of her coat of arms with double-headed eagle, left top hanging on a ribbon coat of arms with bottom text ribbon "ZWEDEN" replaced by embossed flower buds. On top along ribbon "D:GEWAPENDE NEUTRALITEIT". Bowl right embossed inside the fence of the Dutch garden sitting virgin with staff and freedom hat, for her book with inscription "BIBLIA", left Dutch lion with bunch of arrows and sword, right on ribbon coat of arms with underneath flower buds that removed the inscription "DENEM.", including oval coat of arms of the House of Orange. Bowl front all seeing eye with rays. Bowl rear mould seams with comb strokes. Heel left side mark Gouda coat of arms. Stem embossed over 20 centimeters of swaying flower branch with bunches of grapes, closed with a three-centimeter track with cross bands with dots, between the branch left "C: PRINCE" and right "IN GOUDA". Stem decorated with dried flowers alternated with colourfull flower buds. Original white metal spark catcher of wrought iron thread with a lock chain around the stem.

Date:

Period

1860 - 1890

Dimensions:

Bowl	Height	5,5 cm
	Width	2,7 cm
Stem	Length	65 cm
Weight		1.152 gram
Other dimensions	kistje H. 8,5, breed 9, diep 7 cm