Museum number:

APM 8.397a

Subcollection:

clay pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

"LT. GEN. SIR G. WHITE", bust general White

Description:

Tabakspijp van klei met figurale ketel, zonder hiel en oplopende steel met manchet. Ketel hoofd generaal White met snor en korte bakkenbaarden, borstbeeld met uniformkraag en onderscheidingen. Steel links in reliëf "LT. GEN. SIR G. WHITE", steel rechts "GAMBIER A PARIS 1663".

Date:

Period 1905 - 1915


Dimensions:

BowlHeight2.05 in (5.2 cm)
Width1.26 in (3.2 cm)
StemLength1.38 in (3.5 cm)
Weight35 gram
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 1663
Trade name tête lieutenant-général G. White
Mark JG (stempel, steel onderzijde)
"GAMBIER A PARIS 1663" (reliëf, steel rechts)
Acquisition
Year 1985
Provenance Brussel, Cyrus antiques
Brussel, antiekhandel, 1985

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