Museum number:
| APM 11.409 |
Subcollection:
| clay pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| milestone against which figure is lying |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van klei met figurale ketel, zonder hiel en rechte steel metafgeplat steeleind en knoop. Ketel de vorm van een milestone, tegen de ketel geleund een naar rechts gewende zittende figuur. Ketel links "WHITTINGTON STONE HIGHGATE HILL V MILES TO LONDON" en rechts "R WITTINGTON THRICE LORDMAYOR OF LONDON BORN 1350". Steel links intaglio "THOMPSON" en rechts "PROPRIETOR". |
Date:
| Period | 1890 - 1904 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.1 in (2.8 cm) |
| Width | 1.38 in (3.5 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 3.74 in (9.5 cm) |
| Weight | 19 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stem pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | press moulded |
| Colour | black-baked |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | England |
Acquisition
| Year | 1990 |
| Provenance | Londen, veilinghuis Phillips, lot 74 |
| Londen, collectie Francis George Shillitoe (1911-1979) |
Comments
| Vgl. Richard le Cheminant, The Dick Wittington Pipe, Oxford, BAR 1985, p 401. Getoond in de film Comical Pipes door British Pathé, 1960 uit de Shillitoe collection. |
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