Museum number:
| APM 15.659 |
Subcollection:
| pipes various materials |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| caricatured face with big nose |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of antler with figural bowl representing a caricature face with big nose, the eyes of glass paste. Valve cover and cuff ring in silvered metal, both with concentric rings. Buffalo horn moist trap the base in the form of an acorn in the cap. Straight upright stem with smooth multi-sided lower part in which a long metal pipe cleaner with horn cap, the flexible part of the stem with green textile, horn mouthpiece with two knots. Lock chain from lid to the bowl. Locking cord from the bowl to the stem with twisted wooden spools. |
Date:
| Period | 1870 - 1910 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 4.92 in (12.5 cm) |
| Width | 3.74 in (9.5 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 3.15 in (8 cm) |
| Length total | 19.09 in (48.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | insert pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | stag horn (animal material) |
| Technique | carved |
| Colour | yellow-brown |
| Other materials | sheet metal (metal), buffalo horn (animal material) |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | Germany |
| Region national | Thuringia |
| Town | Meiningen (?) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1999 |
| Provenance | Hertsberge, collectie Hugo Perquy, c. 1983-1999 |
| Engeland, veilinghuis, c. 1983 |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, kabinetkast, 1999-2013. |
| Amsterdam, Amsterdam Pipe Museum, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, kabinetkast, v.a. 2013. |
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