A unique press mould for a pipe dedicated to the House of Orange

Original title: Een bijzondere persvorm voor een Oranjepijp

By Don Duco

Abstract: This article discusses an eighteenth century engraved press mould from Gouda origin that survived its time and was altered and reused between 1855 and 1875 by Hendrik van der Pool, also working in Gouda. By 1895 the mould was acquired by the firm P. Goedewaagen & Sons. The pipe was produced in a limited edition and illustrated in their catalogues till about 1925.

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© Don Duco, Pijpenkabinet Foundation, Leiden - Holland, 1993.

Illustrations

1. Fragment of a pipe bowl with beaker shape, round bottom and straight stem. Bowl on both sides between branches with leaves the profile portraits of stadtholder William V and his wife prinsess Frederica Sophia Wilhelmina of Prussia. Stamped makers' mark on the bottom 666. Gouda, Gijsbert van der Spelt, 1770-1780.
Leiden, Pijpenkabinet collections Pk 10.469a

2. The press mould of the House of Orange pipe in open position.
Leiden, Pijpenkabinet collections Pk 5.716

3. The press mould in opened position showing the engraved bowl.
Leiden, Pijpenkabinet collections Pk 5.716

4. The crown of the mould showing the worn pins to guide the stopper.
Leiden, Pijpenkabinet collections Pk 5.716

5. One of the pins for closing the mould replaced.
Leiden, Pijpenkabinet collections Pk 5.716

6. The renewed stem decoration with the dates 1751 and 1795.
Leiden, Pijpenkabinet collections Pk 5.716

7. The iron pins in the stem end of the mould to keep the instrument horizontal in the vice.
Leiden, Pijpenkabinet collections Pk 5.716

8. Black backed pipe bowl from the mould discussed here. Gouda, Hendrik van der Pool, 1855-1875.
Leiden, Pijpenkabinet collections Pk 9.280

9. The shag pipe from its last period of production. Gouda, firm P. Goedewaagen & Sons, 1895-1910.
Leiden, Pijpenkabinet collections Pk 6.251c

10. Page from catalogue 6 illustrating the decorated shag pipe. Gouda, Koninklijke (Royal) Goedewaagen, 1924.
Leiden, Pijpenkabinet collections Pk 10.053

Notes

1. Don Duco, 'Oranje pijpen', Pijpelijntjes, VI-1, 1980, p 6, ill 11. D.H. Duco, Clay Pipe Manufacturing Processes in Gouda, Holland, A Technical and Historical Review, Oxford 1980, p 163 and 204, photo 1. D.H. Duco, De tabakspijp als Oranjepropaganda, Leiden, 1992, p 48, photo 45. D.H. Duco, Vorstelijke pijpen, Inventarisatie van kleipijpen gewijd aan Nederland en Oranje, Leiden, 1992, p 51, no 156.

2. Don Duco, ‘De stadspijpenfabriek te Gouda’, Pijpelijntjes, V-4, 1979, p 5. The decoration is placed on the stem, sometimes also on the base of the bowl.

3. SAHM, Left persons from Gouda. “Gijsbert van der Spelt en Johanna van der Veer, egteluijden met haer dogter Teuntje, oudt 6 jaeren met acte. Aarlanderveen, 21-09-1750. Gerestitueert 18-10-1751”.

4. 0,97 kilogram.

5. Duco, (Oranje), 1992, p 53-54.

6. Cat. 3, p 17, series 3. Also in catalogue 4A, p 17, series 3B and catalogue 6, p 18, series 3B. The dating is quite sure because the pipe lacks in earlier catalogues than number 3.

7. Leiden, Pijpenkabinet collections Pk 6.251c white, mark ES under crown (modern version); Pk 6.251a white, mark ES under crown (modern version) (archaeological find); Pk 6.251b white, mark IWI (modern version) (archaeological find).

8. Leiden, Pijpenkabinet collections Pk 6.251a.

9. Leiden, Pijpenkabinet collections Pk 10.052 catalogue 6, 1912.

10. Leiden, Pijpenkabinet colletions Pk 10.053 catalogue 6, 1924 (second edition).

11. 1903 New York per box of 5 gross $ 3,25.

12. Don Duco, Modellenbestand Goedewaagen, Amsterdam, 1978, shape 319 (refers to shape 26).