Pipe of General Dessewffy Arisztid
Also known as: Pipa generalului Dessewffy Aristid
Record status
Individual type · partial
Pipe of General Dessewffy Arisztid is held by Arad Museum Complex. Museum description: The pipe of General Dessewffy Arisztid has an arched fitting, silver-plated on the bow, and a silver lid.
On the chased and engraved lid are floral motifs. The fitting of the lid bears the signature of the general as an inscription, Pipa generalului Dessewffy Aristid. The stem is missing. The pipe was used by the Hungarian revolutionary general during the 1848 military campaign in Transylvania.; inscription [Hungarian]: Dessewffy Aristid. The museum record gives measurements L: 11 cm; H: 11 cm; place associated: municipality of discovery: com.
Harsany; county of discovery: Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen County. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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- Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver; casting; lamination; engraving process
- Dimensions
- L: 11 cm; H: 11 cm
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- comună de descoperire: com. Harsany; județ de descoperire: jud. Borsod-Abauji-Zemplen
Identification
- Europeana id
- /2048047/Clasate_053c85883e8d41088bb517c536496392
- Museum object name
- Pipa generalului Dessewffy Aristid
- Holding institution
- Arad Museum Complex
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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