Museum number:
| APM 20.554 |
Subcollection:
| clay pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| hand with cuff, bowl opening white tin glaze |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van klei met ovale ketel, zonder hiel en licht gebogen steel met knoop. Ketel onderzijde gehouden door een hand, steelaanzet een manchet met twee knoopjes aan de bovenzijde. Steel overlangs links in reliëf "A TREES" en rechts "A LIEGE", steel intaglio "A. TREES FABT. A LIEGE". Ketel halfverglaasd met band wit tinglazuu. |
Date:
| Period | 1870 - 1890 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.69 in (4.3 cm) |
| Width | 1.06 in (2.7 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 3.94 in (10 cm) |
| Weight | 23 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stem pipe |
| Pipe shape | oval |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | press moulded |
| Colour | white |
| Finish | tinglazuur, wit |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | Belgium |
| Region national | Liege (province) |
| Town | Grivegnée |
| Maker | Henri Antoine Trees |
| Mark | "A TREES" en "A LIEGE" (reliëf, steel links / rechts) "A. TREES FABT. A LIEGE" (intaglio, steel) |
Acquisition
| Year | 2011 |
| Provenance | Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, 1976-2011, nr 543 |
| Nijmegen, collectie Kerssemakers, <1955-1976 |
Exhibition
| Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, 1978-2010, winkeletage. |
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