Museum number:

APM 14.907b

Subcollection:

clay pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

curled snake, leaves

Description:

Tabakspijp van klei met eivorm ketel, hielmarkering en oplopende steel met manchet. Ketelbasis en steel in reliëf gekrulde slang met krul onder de ketel en kop onder de ketelbasis, waartussen bladeren. Oorspronkelijk bruingebrand rieten roer met gebogen eindstuk.

Date:

Period 1935 - 1955


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.85 in (4.7 cm)
Width1.02 in (2.6 cm)
StemLength1.18 in (3 cm)
Length total6.1 in (15.5 cm)
Weight23 gram
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape egg shape
Materialpipe clay (ceramic)
Techniquepress moulded
Colourred
Other materialsreed (organic material)
Oher techniquesburned
Traces of use ongerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryFrance
Region nationalGard
TownSaint-Quentin-la-Poterie
MakerJob Clerc
Trade number 473
Trade name serpent
Acquisition
Year 1997
Provenance Ollioules, Maurice Raphaël
Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie, particulier bezit, 1997

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