Museum number:
| APM 4.619a |
Subcollection:
| clay pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| moorish edifice, snake |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van klei met figurale ketel, zonder hiel met oplopende steel en manchet. Ketel architecturale Moorse decoratie van panelen met geometrische decoratie en teksten overlangs met "DJEMMAA CHAZAOUAT SIDI-IBRAHIM", "A L'ARMEE FRANCAISE", "ILS MEURENT ET NE SE RENDENT PAS", "DE MONTAGNAC DUTERTRE GERAUD" en bij de steel "23 . 26 7BRE 1845" en "450 CONTRE 6000". Ketel onder de filtdecoratie in reliëf rechts "GAMBIER" en links "519 A PARIS". Ketel onderzijde opgerolde slang waarvan de kop de steel en de bek de manchet vormt. |
Date:
| Period | 1855 - 1875 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 2.32 in (5.9 cm) |
| Bowl | Height | 2.28 in (5.8 cm) |
| Width | 1.26 in (3.2 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 0.98 in (2.5 cm) |
| Weight | 37 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 | Ardennes |
| Town | Givet |
| Maker | Gambier |
| Trade number | 519' |
| Trade name | Marabout de Sidi-Brahim |
| Mark | JG (stempel, steel onderzijde) "GAMBIER" (reliëf, ketelopening rechts) "519 A PARIS" (reliëf, ketelopening links) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1986 |
| Provenance | Brussel, collectie Josse Vandersteen, <1976-1986 |
| Parijs, antiekhandel, <1976 |
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