Museum number:

APM 8.598b

Subcollection:

excavated pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

"HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE", coat of arms

Description:

Tobacco pipe made of clay with oval Gouda bowl, heel and straight stem. Bowl opening milling. Bowl stem side embossed under a crown with five braces coat of arms of the stadholder of Orange in an oval ribbon with inscription "HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE", elongated leaves on the outside of the text ribbon drawn from a palm branch, presented by standing crowned lions placed on a narrow lambrequin with the inscription "VIVAT ORANIE" (long live the House of Orange) along the top edge. Heel left side mark Gouda coat of arms invalidated by adding three dots on the smooth middle part.

Date:

Period 1750 - 1770


Dimensions:

BowlHeight2.13 in (5.4 cm)
Width0.98 in (2.5 cm)
StemLength1.18 in (3 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stem pipe
Pipe shape oval
Materialpipe clay (ceramic)
Techniquepress moulded
Colourwhite
Traces of use ongerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryThe Netherlands
Region nationalSouth Holland
TownAarlanderveen
MakerPhilip Jansz. Hogenboom
Mark slang (stempel, hiel)
Acquisition
Year 1985
Provenance Alphen aan den Rijn, Bert Kuiper
Excavation site Alphen aan den Rijn, Aarkade, winkelcentrum Aarhof, 1984
Comments
Uitkomst Friederich formule 54.25.19=25.650 1770 C3FF
Literature
D.H. Duco (Don Duco), Vorstelijke pijpen, Inventarisatie van kleipijpen gewijd aan Nederland en Oranje. Leiden, 1992. p 28, nr 56. Dit exemplaar.
Exhibition
Wenen, Österreichisches Tabakmuseum, tentoonstelling "Die 2000 Jährige Geschichte der Tonpfeifen", 23 juni 1994 - 10 september 1994.
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, achterkamer, vitrine bodemvondsten, v.a. 2001.

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