Museum number:

APM 9.776

Subcollection:

excavated pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

head boy with bearskin

Description:

Tabakspijp van klei met figurale ketel en rechte steel. Ketel hoofd Louis Napoléon (1856-1879) met hoge berenmuts met links afhangende pluim en op de voorzijde een ster.

Date:

Period 1860 - 1880


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.89 in (4.8 cm)
Width1.1 in (2.8 cm)
StemLength0.59 in (1.5 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stem 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 599
Trade name fantaisie prince impérial
Acquisition
Year 1988
Provenance Givet, Philippe Canon, 1987-1988
Excavation site Givet, Gambierfabriek, binnenplaats, 1987
Exhibition
Wervik, Tabaksmuseum, tentoonstelling "Tabak & Vorsten", 19 januari 1994 - 25 november 1994.

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