Pipe, Pipe Case and Pipe Cleaner
1670-1740 (made)
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Pipe case of metal; the bowl has a hinged convex cap of brass and is bound with bands having scalloped edges of the same metal. The stem has a ridge of brass down the back secured by bands.
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Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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Materials and techniques | Brass |
Brief description | Pipe case, Dutch? 1670-1740 |
Physical description | Pipe case of metal; the bowl has a hinged convex cap of brass and is bound with bands having scalloped edges of the same metal. The stem has a ridge of brass down the back secured by bands. |
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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.’ |
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Accession number | W.154-1928 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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