Pipe, jasperware, Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, Etruria, late 18th century
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
late 18th century
Pipe heads or bowls form the rounded ends of smoking pipes, designed for holding the tobacco. Wedgwood started the manufacture of their own smoking apparatuses in the late 18th century, available in jasperware, rosso antico (‘old red’) and black basalt. Illustrated in ‘Wedgwood Shape Book No.1’, the company’s pipe heads came in a variety of shapes and sizes, with a range of decorative techniques applied.
This pipe head has been decorated with a blue jasper ‘dip’ and further embellished with repetitive engine turned bands as well as a rouletted pattern to the shank. Pipe head, white jasperware with blue 'dip, decorated with engine turned bands.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Jasperware, engine turning
- Dimensions
- Height: 40 mm; Width: 75 mm
Technical characteristics
- Maker recorded
- Josiah Wedgwood and Sons
- Place recorded
- Etruria
Design
- Marks and inscriptions
- 'Wedgwood' (impressed on side)
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London collection record for this single object (sentences kept verbatim apart from removed sale or rarity wording); how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Candidate id
- vam-O1784952
- Museum object name
- Pipe
- Holding institution
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London
- Museum object number
- WE.10845-2014
- Museum system number
- O1784952
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
- Research required: confirm the wider type, maker and dating against a specialist reference; this entry documents one recorded example.