Museum number:
| APM 20.587c |
Subcollection:
| porcelain pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| day pipe "FREIJTAG" (Friday) |
Description:
| Tobacco pipe from porcelain with stummel bowl, heel and straight insert stem. Bowl front handpainted in black in gothic letters "FREIJTAG" (Friday). Bowl internal underglaze mark two crossed sabers. Heel intaglio format number upside down "33". Fire-plated valve cover. |
Date:
| Period | 1815 - 1835 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 2.87 in (7.3 cm) |
| Width | 1.22 in (3.1 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.18 in (3 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | insert pipe |
| Pipe shape | Meissner high oval stummel porcelain bowl |
| Material | porcelain (ceramic) |
| Technique | thrown (potters' wheel), slip cast |
| Colour | white |
| Other materials | brass (metal) |
| Oher techniques | fire-gilt |
| Finish | glazuur, zwart |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | Germany |
| Region national | Saxony |
| Town | Meissen |
| Maker | Königlichen Sächsischen Porzellan-Manufaktur |
| Mark | gekruiste sabels (geschilderd onderglazuur blauw, ketel inwendig) |
Acquisition
| Year | 2011 |
| Provenance | Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, <1978-2011, nr 423 |
Literature
| T. Helperi Kimm (Tiemen Helperi Kimm), Van den toeback; roken, snuiven, mode & schoonheid. Groningen, 1988. p 35, afb 24. Dit exemplaar. (Zie voor bijschrift APM 20.587a.) |
Exhibition
| Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, 1978-2010, verdieping. |
| Deventer, Museum De Waag, tentoonstelling "Van den Toeback, roken, snuiven, mode & schoonheid", 6 oktober 1988 - 20 november 1988. |
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