Museum number:

APM 14.276

Subcollection:

porcelain pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

standing cow with clothes

Description:

Tobacco pipe made of porcelain with figural bowl, without heel and up going stem with stub. Bowl on a cylindrical pedestal standing cow dressed as a butcher in checked shirt and trousers, a pleated apron and yellow vest, an ax in the right hand, a turban-shaped cap on the head. Base bottom stylized serrated leaves. The head of the animal is lid of the pipe. Painting in multicolour. Brass fitting around lid rim and cuff with locking ring.

Date:

Period 1830 - 1860


Dimensions:

BowlHeight4.21 in (10.7 cm)
Width1.5 in (3.8 cm)
StemLength1.38 in (3.5 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape figural
Materialporcelain (ceramic)
Techniqueslip cast
Colourwhite
Other materialsbrass (metal)
Finish glazuur, meerkleuren
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryGermany
Region nationalBohemia (?)
Acquisition
Year 1995
Provenance Parijs, Vernaison, marché aux puces
Parijs, antiekhandel, 1995
Exhibition
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, tentoonstelling "Toppers, twee jaar aanwinsten Pijpenkabinet", voorjaar-zomer 1996.
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 7, v.a. 2001.

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