Pipe bowl

1849

This pipe-bowl was made by the firm Gambier for the eleventh Exhibition of France's National Industry in 1849. On November 11th 1849 Gambier received a medal from Louis Napoleon Bonaparte (1808-1873), the later Napoleon III. This is depicted right and left on the pipe-bowl and at the front the inscription 'Pipes Gambier'. The Gambier factory in Givet in the French Ardennes, ceased production in 1926.

• Actors

  Gambier

• Places and dates

  Givet, 1849 (Production)

• Materials

  Pipe clay

• Category

  Smoking materials

• Object number

  S80/144

• IPR status

  Public domain