Museum number:

APM 9.536

Subcollection:

excavated pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

king, coat of arms of Delft

Description:

Tobacco pipe made of clay with funnel shape bowl, spur and straight stem. Bowl left side embossed crowned king in royal mantle with apple and sword, above "C .3 K V S", under the representation a lily. Bowl right between branches the crowned city coat of arms of Delft with "TDV" initials underneath. Stems on both sides embossed with swinging branches with leaves with flowers between concentric straps.

Date:

Period 1705 - 1720


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.61 in (4.1 cm)
Width0.83 in (2.1 cm)
StemLength2.76 in (7 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stem pipe
Pipe shape funnel
Materialpipe clay (ceramic)
Techniquepress moulded
Colourwhite
Traces of use gerookt ?
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryThe Netherlands
Region nationalSouth Holland
TownGouda
MakerTeunis Willemsz. de Vink
Mark TDV (reliëf, ketel rechts)
Acquisition
Year 1987
Provenance 's-Gravenhage, collectie Arthur van Esveld, 1978-1987
's-Gravenhage, Pim van Leeuwen, 1978
Excavation site 's-Gravenhage, 1977
Comments
Uitkomst Friederich formule 41.21.17=14.994 1747 C4FF
Literature
D.H. Duco (Don Duco), De Nederlandse kleipijp, handboek voor dateren en determineren. Leiden, 1987. p 103, afb 529. Dit exemplaar.
Don Duco, De Nederlandse kleipijp, handboek voor determineren. Amsterdam, 2026. hfst 5, p 208, afb 140. Dit exemplaar.
Exhibition
Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, vitrine bodemvondsten, december 1987 - 31 december 1993.
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, achterkamer, vitrine bodemvondsten, v.a. 2001.

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