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HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE,
a prestigious pipe mould found back

HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE,
een prestigieuze persvorm teruggevonden

By Don Duco

Abstract: After having written an extend article on the most prestigeous pipe from the Goedewaagen firm in 2001, now, after years the original mould turned up. This interesting object throws new light on this particular pipe by Goedewaagen and gives more information on the mouldmakers craft in Gouda at that particular moment.

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© Don Duco, Pijpenkabinet Foundation, Amsterdam - Holland, 2008.

Illustrations

1. The press mould in closed position. Gouda, firm P. Goedewaagen & Sons, shape 2, 1885, production period 1885-1920.
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet collections Pk 19.271

2. Press mould in open posistion.

3. The engraving in the bowl.

4. Stem end with the remarkable dot to indicate where to cut the stem off.

5. Break that caused a hairline in the bowl side, stopped and repaired with a piece of brass wire.

6. Heel still showing the remains of the former Gouda arms.

7. Decoration of the first part of the stem with a repetitional motive of circular leaves.

8. Engraving of a flower drill with a sitting bird.

9. Leaves from the middle part of the stem decoration.

10. The thinner flower drill in the end of the stem.

11. The address in the text ribbon that ends quite crude on one of the sides.

12. The two shape numbers on the frontside of the bowl, the lower engraved, the top one hammered with a die.

13. Hammered initial 'W' possibly the mark of the original owner of the mould or even the mould maker.

14. Two 37 thumb long clay pipes with decoration in relief in their original wooden box. Gouda, firm P. Goedewaagen & Sons, 1885-1890.
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet collections Pk 17.606

Notes

1. Don Duco, HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE, de geschiedenis achter een prestigieuze gedecoreerde tabakspijp, Amsterdam, 2001.

2. Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet collection Pk 15.439. Tubular cigar holder that shows in the decoration the same bird originating from the same die.

3. D.H. Duco, Firma P. Goedewaagen & Zoon, fabrikantencatalogus uit 1906 voorzien van historische inleiding en verklarend naamregister, Amsterdam, 2000, p 28. Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet collections Pk 10.199.

4. Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet collections Pk 17.606.
1. The press mould in closed position. Gouda, firm P. Goedewaagen & Sons, shape 2, 1885, production period 1885-1920.
2. Press mould in open posistion.
3. The engraving in the bowl, left half
3. The engraving in the bowl (detail).
14. Two 37 thumb long clay pipes with decoration in relief in their original wooden box. Gouda, firm P. Goedewaagen & Sons, 1885-1890.
3. The engraving in the bowl, right half. 11. The address in the text ribbon that ends quite crude on one of the sides.
7. Decoration of the first part of the stem with a repetitional motive of circular leaves.
8. Engraving of a flower drill with a sitting bird.
4. Stem end with the remarkable dot to indicate where to cut the stem off.
8. Detail of the sitting bird in the flower drill.
11. The address in the text ribbon (detail).
5. Break that caused a hairline in the bowl side, stopped and repaired with a piece of brass wire.
9. Leaves from the middle part of the stem decoration. 12. The two shape numbers on the frontside of the bowl, the lower engraved, the top one hammered with a die.
14. Detail of 37 thumb long clay pipe with decoration in relief. Gouda, firm P. Goedewaagen & Sons, 1885-1890.
6. Heel still showing the remains of the former Gouda arms. 10. The thinner flower drill in the end of the stem. 13. Hammered initial 'W' possibly the mark of the original owner of the mould or even the maker.

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