Museum number:
| APM 372 |
Subcollection:
| clay pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| silver mounted |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of clay with oval bowl mounted in a silver with thin lines running over the bowl with a band along the bowl opening, the heel and stem covered in silver. Complete with spark lid on a chain. Original mounting with black wooden stem with ivory mouthpiece with button. Bowl front stamped signature "CHERIN ALAVAL". |
Date:
| Period | 1830 - 1860 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 2.8 in (7.1 cm) |
| Width | 1.1 in (2.8 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 6.89 in (17.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stem pipe |
| Pipe shape | oval |
| Material | silver (metal) |
| Technique | forged |
| Colour | white |
| Other materials | wood |
| Oher techniques | turned (on a lathe) |
| Other colours | black |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France |
| Region national | Mayenne |
| Town | Laval |
| Maker | Charles Guérin (silversmith ) |
| Mark | "GUERIN A LAVAL" (ingeslagen, ketel voorzijde) G in ruit "445" (ingeslagen) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1987 |
| Provenance | Parijs, Serpette, marché aux puces |
| Parijs, antiekhandel, 1987 |
Comments
| Vgl. Maurice Raphaël, La pipe en terre, son périple à travers la France, Marseille, 1991, p 253. Brevet aan ene Cache, horloger in Fruges voor kleipijpen met een vergelijkbare metalen montering. |
Literature
| Saskia de Bodt, Jos Koldewey, Museumaanwinsten, het Leidse Pijpenkabinet. LochemMaandblad Antiek, XXII/2, 1988. p 96, foto. Dit exemplaar. |
| Benedict Goes, 25 eeuwen roken; De verwonderlijke vormgeving van de pijp. , 1993. p 32, foto. Dit exemplaar. |
| Benedict Goes, The Intriguing Design of Tobacco Pipes. Leiden, 1993. p 32, foto. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, vitrine 19de eeuw, september 1987 - 31 december 1993. |
| Wenen, Österreichisches Tabakmuseum, tentoonstelling "Die 2000 Jährige Geschichte der Tonpfeifen", 23 juni 1994 - 10 september 1994. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 3, v.a. 2001. |
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