Museum number:

APM 1.552

Subcollection:

porcelain pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

cobalt blue glaze

Description:

Tabakspijp van porselein met stummel ketel, knophiel en korte rechte insteeksteel met vier insnoeringen. Ketel en steel effen cobaltblauw glazuur.

Date:

Period 1860 - 1910


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.85 in (4.7 cm)
Width0.94 in (2.4 cm)
StemLength0.79 in (2 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type insert pipe
Pipe shape high oval stummel porcelain bowl
Materialporcelain (ceramic)
Techniquethrown (potters' wheel), slip cast
Colourwhite
Finish glazuur, cobalt
Traces of use ongerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryGermany
Acquisition
Year 1985
Provenance Londen, Bermundsey antiquemarket
Londen, antiekhandel, 1985

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