Museum number:

APM 7.425

Subcollection:

clay pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

vegetative decoration

Description:

Tabakspijp van gietklei met bekervorm ketel, zonder hiel en rechte steel met knoop. Ketel onderzijde in reliëf uitgeholde lobben met erboven bladertakken met distels. Steel links overlangs intaglio "E. AYTO". Steeleind geelgetint loodglazuur.

Date:

Period 1977 - 1978


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.42 in (3.6 cm)
Width0.91 in (2.3 cm)
StemLength4.13 in (10.5 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stem pipe
Pipe shape beaker shape
Materialslip (ceramic)
Techniqueslip cast
Colourwhite
Finish loodglazuur, geelgetint
Traces of use ongerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryEngland
Region nationalWest Sussex
TownBramber
MakerEric G. Ayto
Mark "E. AYTO" (intaglio, steel links)
Acquisition
Year 1979
Provenance Oud-Loosdrecht, René Hogguer
Londen, tabakswinkel, 1979

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