Pipe, Japan, ca.1750-1850
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca.1750-1850
This tobacco pipe is made from a knife handle. It has a reed centre, and the bowl mount and mouth piece are partly of white metal, partly of cloissoné enamel. Inset in the handle are images of gold and silver drying nets and small birds.
Tobacco pipe made from a knife handle. Features gold and silver drying nets and small birds, inset in the handle. The pipe is small in size, with a flat tube, and a small mouthpiece and bowl.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Materials and techniques
- 'Shibuichi' with other metals
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- Japan
Identification
- Candidate id
- vam-O39448
- Museum object number
- M.74-1939
- Source note
- Facts transcribed from the linked single-object source. Wider type attribution and authenticity have not been independently verified.
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: wider type attribution beyond the museum record.