Museum number:
| APM 16.609 |
Subcollection:
| clay pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| bird's beak with pineapple |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van klei met figurale ketel, zonder hiel en oplopende steel met manchet. Ketel ananas gehouden door een geopende vogelsnavel, de kop aan de ketelbasis, de nek in de steel. Schilderemail in rozerood en geel. |
Date:
| Period | 1850 - 1875 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.93 in (4.9 cm) |
| Width | 1.14 in (2.9 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 0.98 in (2.5 cm) |
| Weight | 23 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | press moulded |
| Colour | white |
| Finish | email, twee kleuren |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France |
| Region national | Ardennes |
| Town | Givet |
| Maker | Gambier |
| Trade number | 78 |
| Trade name | bec de grue, tête |
| Mark | JG (stempel, manchet onderzijde) |
Acquisition
| Year | 2002 |
| Provenance | Bristol, The Bristol Auction Rooms, lot 41 |
| Bristol, W.D. & H.O. Wills pipe collection, <1920-2002 |
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