Museum number:

APM 7.373

Subcollection:

clay pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

bird's claw

Description:

Tabakspijp van klei met ovaalvorm ketel, zonder hiel en korte oplopende steel met manchet. Ketel onderzijde vogelklauw met vier tenen. Geheel bedekt met gele lak, de ketelopening calciné gebrand. Oorspronkelijke montage met rietsteel met gebrande decoratie.

Date:

Period 1900 - 1935


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.57 in (4 cm)
Width1.26 in (3.2 cm)
StemLength1.77 in (4.5 cm)
Length total9.25 in (23.5 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape oval shape
Materialpipe clay (ceramic)
Techniquepress moulded
Colourwhite
Other materialsreed (organic material)
Oher techniquesburned
Finish lak, calciné
Traces of use ongerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryGermany
Region nationalWesterwald
Acquisition
Year 1979
Provenance Amsterdam, binnengebracht Pijpenkamer Icon
Oldenzaal, particulier bezit, <1965-1979

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