Museum number:
| APM 15.115 |
Subcollection:
| porcelain pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| man with saber, geometric decoration |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of porcelain with four-sided bowl, standing on four openwork green volutes, without heel and up going stem with stub. Bowl handpainted front twice a standing man with saber, rear two compartments filled with geometric curled lines, the volutes with green. Original brass valve cover with openwork edge and closure of stylized leaf motif and brass stub ring. Original stem of buffalo horn inlaid with ivory and longitudinally ribbed ivory baluster, green locking cord with two balls. |
Date:
| Period | 1840 - 1855 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 4.09 in (10.4 cm) |
| Width | 1.38 in (3.5 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.97 in (5 cm) |
| Length total | 10.24 in (26 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | four sided |
| Material | porcelain (ceramic) |
| Technique | slip cast |
| Colour | white |
| Other materials | buffalo horn, ivory (animal material), brass (metal) |
| Finish | glazuur, meerkleuren |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | Germany |
| Region national | Bohemia |
| Town | Pirkenhammer |
| Maker | Fischer & Reichenbach |
Acquisition
| Year | 1996 |
| Provenance | Parijs, collectie Bertrand Lazard, 1989-1996 |
| Parijs, Denise Corbier, 1989 |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 6, v.a. 2001. |
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