Pipe of General Vécsey Károly, 1840
Also known as: Pipa generalului Vécsey Károly, 1840
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1840
Pipe of General Vécsey Károly, 1840 is held by Arad Museum Complex, dated 1840. Museum description: General Vécsey Károly's meerschaum pipe has a convex silver lid, decorated with floral and geometric motifs, hinged, with fasteners.
The base of the pipe has a silver ring, and stamped on the meerschaum part is the inscription „MEDETZ”. It ends with a loop for attaching the chain, which is missing. The yellowish-brown pipe body is L-shaped, slightly curved, run along its length by parallel lines. The rim of the pipe is clad in silver, bearing a silver hallmark 13(?) loth (812.5). The pipe was used by the Hungarian revolutionary general Vécsey Károly during the 1848 military campaign.; inscription [Hungarian]: NEDETZ The museum record gives measurements L: 15 cm; H: 12 cm.
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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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver; casting; engraving process
- Dimensions
- L: 15 cm; H: 12 cm
Identification
- Europeana id
- /2048047/Clasate_c74ef8db504e44629a2b46354382d000
- Museum object name
- Pipa generalului Vécsey Károly
- 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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