Museum number:
| APM 16.987 |
Subcollection:
| porcelain pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| "WILHELM I ..", emperor Wilhelm I |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van porselein met stummel ketel, knopvormige hiel en rechte insteeksteel met vier insnoeringen. Ketel voorzijde ingekleurde transfer van borstbeeld keizer Wilhelm I met keizerskroon en keizersmantel met hermelijnen bontrand, onderlangs "WILHELM I DEUTSCHER KAISER". |
Date:
| Period | 1865 - 1890 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 3.9 in (9.9 cm) |
| Width | 1.34 in (3.4 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.18 in (3 cm) |
| Weight | 57.5 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | insert pipe |
| Pipe shape | Berliner high oval stummel porcelain bowl |
| Material | porcelain (ceramic) |
| Technique | thrown (potters' wheel), slip cast |
| Colour | white |
| Finish | glazuur, meerkleuren |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | Germany |
Acquisition
| Year | 2003 |
| Provenance | Utrecht, Douwe Egberts Pijpenkamer, 1963-2003, nr 155 |
| Zeist, G. de Kruijff, antiquair, 1960-1963 | |
| Zeist, collectie Henk van der Hoef, <1950-1960 |
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