Museum number:
| APM 16.610 |
Subcollection:
| clay pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| bird claw, fish mouth |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van klei met ovaalvorm ketel, zonder hiel en oplopende steel met onopvallende manchet. Ketel rondom in reliëf vogelklauw met vier tenen, steel vissenbek. Schilderemail in licht blauw, geel, roze en wit. |
Date:
| Period | 1850 - 1870 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.57 in (4 cm) |
| Width | 1.42 in (3.6 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.18 in (3 cm) |
| Weight | 29 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | oval shape |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | press moulded |
| Colour | white |
| Finish | email, vier kleuren |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France |
| Region national | Pas-de-Calais |
| Town | Saint-Omer |
| Maker | Firme E. Duméril, H. Leurs et Cie (?) |
| Trade number | 505? |
Acquisition
| Year | 2002 |
| Provenance | Bristol, The Bristol Auction Rooms, lot 41 |
| Bristol, W.D. & H.O. Wills pipe collection, <1920-2002 |
Exhibition
| Presentatie W.D. & H.O. Wills Hartcliffe Factory, Bristol, 1974-1990. |
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