Museum number:

APM 12.721

Subcollection:

clay pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

head Turc

Description:

Tobacco pipe made of clay with figural bowl, flat bottom without heel and short up going stem with stub. Bowl bust of a man with moustache and turban, the bust a coat with flat collar over which a knotted scarf with fringe at the ends. Bowl bottom from the cuff trophies of an anchor over which two crossed halberds, a dagger, kris, pistol and three bullets. Cuff inspired by a mortar. Painting enamel on eyes and eyebrows.

Date:

Period 1845 - 1875


Dimensions:

BowlHeight2.99 in (7.6 cm)
Width1.73 in (4.4 cm)
StemLength1.18 in (3 cm)
Weight107 gram
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape figural
Materialpipe clay (ceramic)
Techniquepress moulded
Colourwhite
Finish email, zwart, wit
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryFrance
Region nationalPas-de-Calais
TownSaint-Omer
MakerFirme L. Fiolet
Mark LF (stempel, steel links)
Acquisition
Year 1991
Provenance Brussel, collectie Daniël Glinoer, 1982-1991
Brussel, antiekhandel, 1982
Literature
Benedict Goes, 25 eeuwen roken; De verwonderlijke vormgeving van de pijp. , 1993. p 6, groepsfoto. Dit exemplaar.
Benedict Goes, The Intriguing Design of Tobacco Pipes. Leiden, 1993. p 6, groepsfoto. Dit exemplaar.
Exhibition
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, achterkamer, vitrine Frankrijk, v.a. 1999.

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