Museum number:

APM 8.780h

Subcollection:

ceramic pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

hollow-walled

Description:

Tabakspijp van gietklei met holwandige bolle ketel, ronde onderzijde zonder hiel en korte insteeksteel. Transparant glazuur. Oorspronkelijke montage met messing busje met ingeslagen "ZENITH HOLLAND" en zwart caoutchouc roer met ovaal etiket met "ZENITH GOUDA HOLLAND THE WORLD'S OLDEST PIPEMAKERS". Glazuur door de brand sterk gehaarscheurd.

Date:

Period 1975 - 1980


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.69 in (4.3 cm)
Width1.57 in (4 cm)
StemLength1.38 in (3.5 cm)
Length total4.92 in (12.5 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type insert pipe
Pipe shape spherical
Materialslip (ceramic)
Techniqueslip cast
Colourwhite
Other materialshardrubber (synthetic material), brass (metal)
Finish glazuur, transparant
Traces of use ongerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryThe Netherlands
Region nationalSouth Holland
TownGouda
MakerFirma P.J. van der Want Azn., Zenith
Mark "ZENITH HOLLAND" (ingeslagen, busje)
"ZENITH GOUDA HOLLAND THE WORLD'S OLDEST PIPEMAKERS" (sticker, steel onderzijde)
Acquisition
Year 1985
Provenance Noordwijk, Peter Bakker, 1980-1985

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