MEISSEN PIPEBOWL WITH SILVER FITTINGS
German, circa 1725
Height, 2 3/4 inches (7 cm)
Length, 2 3/8 inches (6 cm)
| Provenance: |
- The British-American Tobacco Collection
|
The porcelain pipebowl is decorated with
chinoiserie figures. The lower section is molded with fluting and a bird is painted
on the flat underside. The pipebowl is mounted with a silver rim hinged to a
tent-shaped cover and stem is fitted with a silver flange.
The decoration has been attributed to the
hausmaler Philipp Danhoffer of Bayreuth.
A comparable pipehead is discussed and
illustrated by Debora Gage and Madeleine Marsh in Tobacco Containers & Accessories,
London, 1988, p. 121 |
