Museum number:

APM 11.812

Subcollection:

clay pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

"RAOB", buffalo horns

Description:

Tabakspijp van klei met kromkop ketel, hiel en rechte steel met glad afgesneden steeleind. Snijfilt. Filtradering in de persvorm. Ketel voorzijde in reliëf buffelhorens met erboven "RAOB" (Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes).

Date:

Period 1880 - 1920


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.57 in (4 cm)
Width0.94 in (2.4 cm)
StemLength4.72 in (12 cm)
Weight19 gram
Characteristics
Pipe type stem pipe
Pipe shape asymmetrical oval
Materialpipe clay (ceramic)
Techniquepress moulded
Colourwhite
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryEngland
Acquisition
Year 1990
Provenance Londen, veilinghuis Phillips, 1990, lot 201
Bramber, collectie Anthony Irving, House of Pipes, <1970-1989

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