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Pipe Case

1700-1740 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pipe case of wood, with deep curved bowl and thick turned stem. A ring brass mount with scalloped edge is at one end.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Wood, carved; brass mount
Brief description
Dutch 1700-40
Physical description
Pipe case of wood, with deep curved bowl and thick turned stem. A ring brass mount with scalloped edge is at one end.
Dimensions
  • Length: 25.4cm
Credit line
Given by W. Sanders Fiske
Object history
Given by W. Sanders-Fiske, a collector who lived locally to the V&A, as part of a collection of pipe cases (museum nos. W.144 to 179-1928) in November 1928. RP 28/10633. He later donated to the Museum his important collection of 18th century Staffordshire porcelain figures.

H. Clifford Smith, in a note on a minute paper (RP 28/9292), 02/11/1928: ‘The collection of pipe-cases is undoubtedly a very interesting one, and every item differs.’
Collection
Accession number
W.177-1928

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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