Museum number:

APM 7.851a

Subcollection:

clay pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

churchwarden, glazed tip

Description:

Tabakspijp van klei met hoge kromkop ketel, spoor en licht gebogen steel zonder mondstuk. Onversierd. Steel zwaartepunt ingesneden tordering. Steel bovenzijde intaglio "W. SOUTHORN & CO BROSELEY 9". Steeleind groengetint loodglazuur.

Date:

Period 1910 - 1940


Dimensions:

BowlHeight2.13 in (5.4 cm)
Width1.02 in (2.6 cm)
StemLength22.64 in (57.5 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stem pipe
Pipe shape asymmetrical oval
Materialpipe clay (ceramic)
Techniquepress moulded
Colourwhite
Finish loodglazuur, groengetint
Traces of use ongerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryEngland
Region nationalShropshire
TownBroseley
MakerWilliam Southorn & Co.
Mark "W. SOUTHORN & CO BROSELEY 9" (intaglio, steel)
Acquisition
Year 1981
Provenance Hilversum, collectie René Hogguer, 1979-1981
Londen, antiekhandel, 1979

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