Museum number:
| APM 11.584 |
Subcollection:
| clay pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| large size |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of clay, so-called bomkop (oversized bowl) with large oval Gouda bowl, heel and straight stem with smooth cut stem end. Heel right side mark Gouda coat of arms, heel left dot. Stem near bowl roughened with zigzag, stem centre of gravity intaglio "PRINCE GOUDA". |
Date:
| Vormdatum | 1840 - 1870 |
| Period | 1870 - 1890 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 4.33 in (11 cm) |
| Width | 2.56 in (6.5 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 28.15 in (71.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stem pipe |
| Pipe shape | oval |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | press moulded |
| Colour | white |
| Traces of use | geen |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | The Netherlands |
| Region national | South Holland |
| Town | Gouda |
| Maker | Firma Jan Prince & Cie II |
| Trade name | bomkop |
| Mark | both (stempel, hiel) "PRINCE GOUDA" (intaglio, steel) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1990 |
| Provenance | Assen, collectie Harry Tupan, 1983-1990 |
| Brussel, collectie Josse Vandersteen, c. 1971-1983 | |
| Antwerpen, antiekhandel, c. 1971 |
Literature
| Don Duco, De Nederlandse kleipijp, handboek voor determineren. Amsterdam, 2026. hfst 6, p 376, afb 316. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 3, v.a. 2001. |
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