Museum number:

APM 2.956b

Subcollection:

clay pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

wood grain relief

Description:

Tabakspijp van klei met slurfvormige kalebas ketel, ronde onderzijde zonder hiel en oplopende steel zonder manchet. Ketel en steel geruwd als houtnerf. Bedekt met gele lak, aan de onderzijde calciné gebrand. Montage met nikkel busje met ingeslagen "MADE IN ENGLAND" en zwart licht gebogen caoutchouc roer.

Date:

Period 1978 - 1980


Dimensions:

BowlHeight2.2 in (5.6 cm)
Width1.1 in (2.8 cm)
StemLength1.57 in (4 cm)
Length total4.53 in (11.5 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type insert pipe
Pipe shape trunk shape
Materialpipe clay (ceramic)
Techniquepress moulded
Colourwhite
Other materialshardrubber (synthetic material), nickel (metal)
Finish lak, calciné gebrand
Traces of use ongerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryEngland
Region nationalManchester (district)
TownManchester
MakerJohn Pollock & Co.
Trade name calaclay poet pipe
Mark "MADE IN ENGLAND" (ingeslagen, busje)
Acquisition
Year 1986
Provenance Amsterdam, Dick Veenstra
Amsterdam, Waterlooplein, 1986

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