Museum number:

APM 18.155b

Subcollection:

pipes various materials

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

corn cob

Description:

Tabakspijp van maiskolf met hoge licht ovaalvormige ketel, vlakke bodem, steel van riet op eenderde van de bodem aangezet.

Date:

Period 1880 - 1920


Dimensions:

BowlHeight2.64 in (6.7 cm)
Width1.22 in (3.1 cm)
StemLength6.1 in (15.5 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type insert pipe
Pipe shape oval shape
Materialcorncob (organic material)
Techniqueturned (on a lathe)
Colouryellow-brown
Other materialsreed (organic material)
Traces of use ongerookt
Production
ContinentNorth America
CountryUnited States
Region nationalMissouri
TownWashington, MO
Acquisition
Year 2006
Provenance Londen, Peter Tilley
Londen, Alfred Dunhill Pipes Limited, 1952-2006
Londen, Alfred Dunhill, <1940-1952, nr AM7
Literature
Ben Rapaport (Benjamin Rapaport), A complete guide to collecting Antique Pipes. Exton, PA, 1979. p 214. Dit exemplaar (rechts boven in de vitrine Amerika bij Dunhill).
Don Duco, De maïskolfpijp, Missouri meerschaum of barnyard briar. Amsterdam, 2008. afb 4. Dit exemplaar.
Exhibition
Londen, Dunhill museum, permanente presentatie, vitrine Amerika, c. 1960.

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