LEGEND TO THE ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE PRINT BELOW
Print Specifics:
  • Type of print: Lithograph - Original French antique print.
  • Year of printing: not indicated in the print - actual 1888
  • Publisher: Albert Racinet, Imp. Firmin Didot
  • Condition: 1 (1. Excellent - 2. Very good - 3. Good - 4. Fair).
  • Dimensions: 7 x 8.5 inches (18 x 21 cm) including blank margins around the image.
  • Paper weight: 2 (1. Thick - 2. Heavier - 3. Medium heavy - 4. Slightly heavier - 5. Thin)
  • Reverse side: Blank
  • Notes:  (1) Green color around the print in the photo is a contrasting background on which the print was photographed. (2) The print detail is sharper than the photo of the print. (3) The uneven tone of the photo was caused by the light coming from one side when photographing the print.
Legend:

This beautiful print depicts papies and smoking utensils used in various countries of Europe. The pipes depicted are from Norway, France, Italy, belgium, Austria, Germany, Hungary, Bohemia and Greece. All kinds of materials were used to make a pipe, including glass, porcelain, horn and other non-traditionalmaterials. Each country had a distinguished method of producing and embellishing the pipes, fore xample, Holladn had a 'monopoly' in making paipes of clay, Austria was known for wooden papies with painted ornaments. In some of the countries, like Hungary, orinetal influence could be seen.

NORWAY: Fig. 1. Pipe from Stavanger, with a wooden bowl, the opening laid with copper, the shaft made of reed, FRANCE: Fig. 2. A pipe in the form of ax, based on 1762 design, length: 50 cm, the bowl is  metal, shaft of wood, 9. A small pipe used by a French shire, 10 cm long, combination of silver and corn, 17. U-shaped pipe used by people living in the mountains, 17th Century, height 7 cm, 23. Lighter box from Alsace, 17th Century, height 7 cm, ITALY: Fig. 5. Ancient pipe made of glass, fabricated at Murano, length 100 cm. Murano was famed for its glass that was very much in vogue at the end of the 12 the Century, 14. Tobacco pouch from Venice, snail-like shape, height 20 cm, combination of wood and copper, fabric is velvet embroidered with silk or gold, and golden tassels, BELGIUM: Fig. 6. Flemish case, length 23 cm, combination of wood and ornamented copper, the opening of this case fits to the opening of the pipe with which it is used, GERMANY: Fig. 13. Wooden pipe copper lid and fittings, height 32 cm, 15. A hook-shaped wooden pipe, in the shape of a head of a person with hat, the shaft is made of horn, height 18 cm, 22. A hook-shaped pipe made of porcelain from Saxony region, shaft made of horn, height 30 cm, 28. A pipe taken by French during the 7-year war, height 12 cm, 32. A hook-shaped pipe, bowl made of darker color wood, fittings made of ivory, shaft made of horn, height 50 cm,

TYROL: Fig. 8. Wooden pipe with a green silk cord and tassels, length 11 cm, 30. Wooden pipe, the bowl inlaid with copper and mother-of-pearl, ornamented copper lid, horn shaft, cord and tassels made of silk, 25 cm, HUNGARY: Fig. 10. Small, 10 cm pipe, carved out of a root, 11. Bowl made of painted wood and copper lid, shat is made of horn and wood, silver chain, green silk cord and tassels. The head, which forms the bowl, has a pokalem, headgear that was popular in the court of Louis XV in France, length 20 cm, 12. Wooden pipe, painted, copper lid in the form of a candle extinguisher, wooden shaft, length 22 cm, 16. Oriental-type pipe, central part and the lid are made of engraved copper, wooden base inlaid with gold, embellished with pendants, length 25 cm, 20, A pipe of similar oriental character, the bowl is of terra-cotta, inlaid with silver and embellished with a lid of the same material, 27. Leather pipe, with ornamented copper lid, horn shaft, 29. A hook-shaped pipe, leather bowl and ornamented silver lid, height 10 cm


BOHEMIA: Fig. 24. A hook-shaped pipe, porcelain bowl , the head represents the Medieval Czech hero Jan Zizka, the famous leader of the Hussites, his helmet forms the lid of the pipe, GREECE: Fig. 31. A hook-shaped pipe, leather bowl in the shape of a sphinx and a nude maiden leaned against a column, silver lid. Figs. 4, 7, 18 19, 21, 26 and 33 represent various pipes and boxes from unidentified regions. (4. carved wood pipe, 19 cm, 7. Wooden pipe inlaid with silver, 18. Wooden bowl, silver lid and fittings, 19. Hook-shaped pipe, carved wood, the bowl represents a historic motive, horse and a nude maiden with male, 21. Carved wood bowl, silver lid, 26. Carved wood bowl, silver lid and fittings, height 15 cm, 33. Carved wood bowl engraved silver lid and fittings, two eagles on the top of the lid). NOTE: 1 inch equals 2,54 cm




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