Not currently on display at the V&A

Pipe

middle of 19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Gouda (made)

Tobacco pipe of white clay. The bowl is in the form of a soldier's head with a lancer's helmet. Curved stem with the middle reeded, and the lower end moulded with scale-pattern.


Object details

Category
Ceramics
Object type
Pipe
Materials and techniques
Moulded clay
Clay
Moulded
Brief description
Tobacco pipe of white clay, Gouda, middle of 19th century.
Physical description
Tobacco pipe of white clay. The bowl is in the form of a soldier's head with a lancer's helmet. Curved stem with the middle reeded, and the lower end moulded with scale-pattern.
Dimensions
  • Length: 26cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'H. VAN DER POOL. IN GOVDA' (Inscribed on the stem)
  • 'WI' (Stamped on the bowl)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Object history
Given by Mrs F. Bury Palliser in 1869. Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street.
Subjects depicted
Head
Reeded
Scale-Pattern
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
4118B-1901

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Record createdSeptember 9, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1136811/pipe-unknown/
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