Museum number:

APM 11.811

Subcollection:

clay pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

"RAOB", buffalo horns

Description:

Tabakspijp van klei met kromkop ketel, hiel en korte rechte steel met knoop. Snijfilt. Ketel voorzijde in reliëf buffelhorens met erboven "RAOB" (Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes). Ketelnaden in reliëf blaadjes. Eenvoudige afwerking.

Date:

Period 1900 - 1940


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.46 in (3.7 cm)
Width0.98 in (2.5 cm)
StemLength3.74 in (9.5 cm)
Weight16 gram
Characteristics
Pipe type stem pipe
Pipe shape asymmetrical oval
Materialpipe clay (ceramic)
Techniquepress moulded
Colourwhite
Traces of use ongerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryEngland
Acquisition
Year 1990
Provenance Londen, veilinghuis Phillips, 1990, lot 198
Bramber, collectie Anthony Irving, House of Pipes, <1970-1989

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