Museum number:
| APM 250 |
Subcollection:
| clay pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| drinker with tankard, pedestal |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of clay with figural bowl, without heel and up going stem with stub. Bowl bust of a man with hat, crossed arms with a bottle under the arm, a beaker in the right hand. Bowl bottom conical pedestal with round base as with a bust. Stem right side embossed "DUMERIL LEURS" and stem left side embossed "ST. OMER 1673". |
Date:
| Period | 1855 - 1875 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 2.95 in (7.5 cm) |
| Width | 1.34 in (3.4 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.38 in (3.5 cm) |
| Weight | 76 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | press moulded |
| Colour | white |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
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 | 1673 |
| Mark | "DUMERIL LEURS" (reliëf, steel rechts) "ST. OMER 1673" (reliëf, steel links) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1980 |
| Provenance | Amsterdam, antiekwinkel Weteringstraat |
| Londen, antiekhandel, 1980 |
Comments
| Vgl. APM 21.539 de tegenhanger voorstellend een rondborstige lachende vrouw. |
Literature
| Benedict Goes, 25 eeuwen roken; De verwonderlijke vormgeving van de pijp. , 1993. p 36, foto. Dit exemplaar. |
| Benedict Goes, The Intriguing Design of Tobacco Pipes. Leiden, 1993. p 36, foto. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, vitrine 19de eeuw, 29 september 1982 - 31 december 1993. |
| Wenen, Österreichisches Tabakmuseum, tentoonstelling "Die 2000 Jährige Geschichte der Tonpfeifen", 23 juni 1994 - 10 september 1994. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, achterkamer, vitrine Frankrijk, v.a. 1999. |
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