Museum number:

APM 14.319

Subcollection:

clay pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

bird claw

Description:

Tabakspijp van klei met beker ketel, zonder hiel en licht gebogen steel met afgeplat steeleind en knoop. Snijfilt. Ketel onderzijde in reliëf vogelklauw met vier tenen. Steel links intaglio "C. CROP" en rechts "LONDON", beiden in naamschild.

Date:

Period 1890 - 1920


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.38 in (3.5 cm)
Width1.06 in (2.7 cm)
StemLength3.74 in (9.5 cm)
Weight18 gram
Characteristics
Pipe type stem pipe
Pipe shape beaker
Materialpipe clay (ceramic)
Techniquepress moulded
Colourwhite
Traces of use ongerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryEngland
Region nationalLondon (district)
TownLondon
MakerCharles Crop
Mark "C. CROP" (intaglio, steel links)
"LONDON" (intaglio, steel rechts)
Acquisition
Year 1995
Provenance Brussel, collectie Jacques Caro, 1988-1995
Engeland, antiekhandel, 1988

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