Museum number:

APM 5.471

Subcollection:

clay pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

tulipe shape, bird's claw with four toes

Description:

Tabakspijp van klei met figurale ketel, zonder hiel en korte oplopende steel met manchet. Ketel vierbladige tulp gehouden door vogelklauw met vier tenen. Ketel rechts intaglio "HIPPOLYTE LEON BONNAUD". Steel in reliëf vogelpoot. Manchet links in reliëf modelnummer "406" (?). Oorspronkelijk gebrand rieten roer.

Date:

Period 1945 - 1955


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.85 in (4.7 cm)
Width1.06 in (2.7 cm)
StemLength0.59 in (1.5 cm)
Length total7.28 in (18.5 cm)
Weight28 gram
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape figural
Materialpipe clay (ceramic)
Techniquepress moulded
Colourbrown
Other materialsreed (organic material)
Oher techniquesburned
Finish verf, goud
Traces of use ongerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryFrance
Region nationalBouches-du-Rhône
TownMarseille
MakerBonnaud
Trade number 406
Mark "HIPPOLYTE LEON BONNAUD" (stempel, ketel rechts)
Acquisition
Year 1976
Provenance Mechelen, tabakszaak Windels, oude voorraad, <1965-1975

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