Museum number:

APM 5.245b

Subcollection:

excavated pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

palmettes, leaves and flower motifs

Description:

Tobacco pipe made of clay with bi-conical bowl, lobed heel and straight stem. Bowl opening milling. Bowl bottom embossed palm-like leaves and curled leaves on the bowl seams. Stem from a ribbed knot leaves with a heel in the form of a curled leaf. Stem between two ribbed knots straight-stemmed branch with leaves, rose and tulip, shaded elongated leaves on the stem seams.

Date:

Period 1635 - 1645


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.18 in (3 cm)
Width0.91 in (2.3 cm)
StemLength3.94 in (10 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stem pipe
Pipe shape bi conical
Materialpipe clay (ceramic)
Techniquepress moulded
Colourwhite
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryThe Netherlands
Region nationalSouth Holland
TownGouda (?)
Acquisition
Year 1986
Provenance Volendam, collectie Fred Tymstra, 1975-1986
Excavation site Amsterdam, Anjelierstraat, 1975
Literature
H.R. Tupan (Harry Tupan), Wolken van Genot, een cultuurhistorisch overzicht van het tabaksgebruik in Nederland. Assen, 1983. p 27. Dit exemplaar.
D.H. Duco (Don Duco), De Nederlandse kleipijp, handboek voor dateren en determineren. Leiden, 1987. p 95, afb 492. Dit exemplaar.
Natascha Mehler, Tonpfeifen in Bayern (ca. 1600-1745). Bonn, 2010. p 133, Abb 43. Dit exemplaar.
Don Duco, De Nederlandse kleipijp, handboek voor determineren. Amsterdam, 2026. hfst 5, p 189, afb 27. Dit exemplaar.
Exhibition
Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, vitrine bodemvondsten, maart 1986 - 31 december 1993.
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, achterkamer, vitrine bodemvondsten, v.a. 2001.

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