Museum number:
| APM 15.143 |
Subcollection:
| ceramic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| monkey head, braided stem |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of earthenware with figural bowl, without heel and braided stem with smooth cut of mouthpiece. Bowl embossed head of a monkey with flat cylindrical hat without rim. Stem braided on three loops a bunch of spiral windings. Transparent lead glaze with accents in yellow and blue of dots on the top of the stem, the middle curls are solid blue, the underside blue tamponated. |
Date:
| Period | 1810 - 1840 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.57 in (4 cm) |
| Width | 1.18 in (3 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 9.06 in (23 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stem pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | yellowish white |
| Finish | glazuur, meerkleuren |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | England |
| Region national | Staffordshire |
| Town | Stafford |
Acquisition
| Year | 1996 |
| Provenance | Parijs, collectie Bertrand Lazard, 1981-1996 |
| Parijs, Denise Corbier, 1981 |
Comments
| Afgebeeld in Pipe, the worldwide pipe smoker's magazine, rubriek famous pipes, vol 12, 2000, p 50. Dit exemplaar. |
Literature
| Peter J. Davey, The 'English' pipes in the Rothschild collection: typology, chronology and provenance. LiverpoolJournal of the Académie Internationale de la PIpe, /9, 2016. p 75, fig 28, afb 1. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 8, v.a. 2001. |
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