Museum number:
| APM 14.256b |
Subcollection:
| excavated pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| head man with three square stitch |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van klei met figurale ketel, zonder hiel en oplopende steel met manchet. Ketel hoofd man met gebit waaruit tanden missen, snor en lange baard in drie punten, driekante steek waaronder pruik met omgekrulde haar. Persvorm in drie delen. |
Date:
| Period | 1850 - 1890 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 2.17 in (5.5 cm) |
| Width | 1.18 in (3 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.18 in (3 cm) |
| Weight | 29 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | press moulded |
| Colour | white |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France |
| Region national | Ille et Vilaine |
| Town | Rennes (?) |
Acquisition
| Year | 2001 |
| Provenance | Parijs, veilinghuis Nouveau Drouot, lot 209 |
| La Crau, Bernard Mamy, winkelvoorraad, 2001 | |
| Excavation site | Rennes ?, 1990 |
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