Museum number:

APM 15.717

Subcollection:

clay pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

churchwarden in wooden box

Description:

Tabakspijp van klei met slurfvorm ketel, lange spoor en licht gebogen steel met glad steeleind. Onversierd. Steel zwaartepunt van ingesnoerde torderingen, steel bovenzijde bij ketel intaglio "W. SOUTHORN BROSELEY 17" en achter tordering "MADE IN ENGLAND". Steeleind groene lak.

Date:

Period 1880 - 1900


Dimensions:

BowlHeight2.09 in (5.3 cm)
Width0.98 in (2.5 cm)
StemLength22.64 in (57.5 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stem pipe
Pipe shape trunk shape
Materialpipe clay (ceramic)
Techniquepress moulded
Colourwhite
Other materialslacquer (organic material)
Other coloursgreen
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryEngland
Region nationalShropshire
TownBroseley
MakerWilliam Southorn & Co.
Mark "W. SOUTHORN BROSELEY 17" (intaglio, steel)
"MADE IN ENGLAND" (intaglio, steel)
Acquisition
Year 1999
Provenance Utrecht, nationale verzamelaarsjaarmarkt
's-Gravenhage, antiekbeurs, c. 1972
Comments
Vgl. APM 15.717bis de eikenhouten opbergkist.

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