Description:
The origin of this pipe is under debate. While there are similarities to 18th and 19th-century manufactures in Staffordshire, David Higgins, a fellow at the National Pipe Archive at the University of Liverpool, speculated that this pipe might be Belgian, c. 1850-1920. In Goodman's Tobacco in History and Culture, he writes,"Simple clay tobacco pipes were introduced into England in the late 16th century, and eventually more elaborate ones were made at British sites such as Staffordshire, Swansea, and Glasgow. However, a more invigorated industry with complex designs has been established on the Continent from about 1750, especially in Belgium, Germany, and Holland." English or Belgian cream-colored earthenware pipe in underglaze blue and cream. The stem and bowl is sponged blue with cream spirals and circles. The base of the bowl has a dog's head with teeth showing and a leaf pattern at the end of the stem. The dog's head extends outward and foreward from the heel; his ears are raised from the side of the heel; the dog's collar wraps around from the heel and is adorned with two raised dots, the tobacco leaf is raised on the top of the stem at the base of the bowl and appears to be held under the collar of the dog. The inner bowl is unglazed.
Subjects:
Pottery; glaze (coating by location) Link to share this object record:
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