Museum number:

APM 7.092

Subcollection:

excavated pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

head man with embroidered beret

Description:

Tabakspijp van klei met figurale ketel, zonder hiel en oplopende steel met manchet. Ketel hoofd man met snor en baard en schuinstaande baret met geborduurde rand waarop lelies. Manchet links in reliëf "GAMBIER A" en rechts "PARIS 790".

Date:

Period 1870 - 1900


Dimensions:

BowlHeight2.05 in (5.2 cm)
Width1.3 in (3.3 cm)
StemLength1.18 in (3 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape figural
Materialpipe clay (ceramic)
Techniquepress moulded
Colourwhite
Traces of use ongerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryFrance
Region nationalArdennes
TownGivet
MakerGambier
Trade number 790
Trade name béarnais, tête
Mark JG (stempel, steel onderzijde)
"GAMBIER A" (reliëf, manchet links)
"PARIS 790" (reliëf, manchet rechts)
Acquisition
Year 1978
Excavation site Givet, route de Famennes, fabrieksstort Gambier, 1978
Literature
Don Duco, Jaarverslag Pijpenkamer Icon 1978. Amsterdam, 1979. p 6. Dit exemplaar.
Exhibition
Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, vitrine 19de eeuw, 29 september 1982 - december 1989.

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