Museum number:
| APM 8.722b |
Subcollection:
| ceramische pijpen |
Title:
| tabakspijp |
Keyword:
| head general De Gaulle |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of slip cast clay with hollow-walled trumpet shaped figural bowl, without heel and straight push in stem. Bowl stylized head of General De Gaulle with distinctive large nose and flat cap with flap on the front. Stem underside incised signature "GEM A 3/40". Art glaze in yellow-green colour. |
Date:
| Period | 1970 - 1971 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 7 cm |
| Width | 4,7 cm | |
| Stem | Length | 4 cm |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | insteekpijp |
| Pipe shape | figuraal |
| Material | gietklei (ceramiek) |
| Technique | gegoten ceramiek |
| Colour | wit |
| Finish | glazuur, crèmegroen |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Contintent | Europa |
| Region International | West-Europa |
| Country | Frankrijk |
| City | Vallauris |
| Maker | Marcel Giraud (keramist) |
| Mark | "GEMA 16/40" (ingekrast, steel onderzijde) |
Acquisition
| Year | 2001 |
| Provenance | Parijs, veilinghuis Nouveau Drouot, lot 297 |
| La Crau, Bernard Mamy, winkelvoorraad, <1995-2001 | |
| Parijs, collectie Mme. De Westphalen, 1971-1985> |
Comments
| Vervaardigd in een oplage van 40 genummerde exemplaren. Dit is het hoogste serienummer. |
Exhibition
| Arnhem, Openluchtmuseum, pijpencollectie in paviljoen Sparenburg, september 2004 - januari 2015. |
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