the Pipe and Tabor compendium

the Pipe and Tabor compendium

essays on the three-hole pipe

Europe decorative arts

ceramic figures, 18th century onwards

" jellies, biscuits, sugar-plumbs, and creams have long given way to [ceramic] harlequins, gondoliers, Turks, Chinese and shepherdesses of Saxon china"
1753, Walpole

 
playerCris de Paris 1745-50 Meissen 1745 Fitzwilliam Musem, Cambridge
player
 
player player

player drawingThe original drawing from The Cries of Paris
published 1737-1746 by Edmé Bouchardon

 
Cris de ParisCris de Paris Cris de ParisCris de Paris stick and pipe are restored
Germany
     
1750 Longton Hall
British Museum
18th century Limoges18th century Limoges
18th century18th century France part of a musicians group
PearlwareStaffordshire Pearlware England
SevresSevres, France
 
1755-7 Chelsea, Pierrot
(restored pipe)
1755 Chelsea

1755 Chelsea
(with restorations)

1760-701760 -70 pair of candlesticks 1760-701760 -70 candlesticks, Chelsea player
player1765 Bow
c1758 Bow
player 1770 Bow
Lincoln Museumin Lincoln Art Gallery   18th century  
player 1755 Bow1755 Bow

player 1755-60 Bow

pkayer1755-60 Bow
playerc1760 Bow
player
BowBow
player
1755-60 Bow
blue jacket
1760-62
1760-65 Bow
Bow
Bow
c1760 Bow copy
1765 Chelsea
1765 Chelsea
1760-65 Chelsea

player1790 Derby (restored)
player 1765 Derby
player
playercopy Derby
player
player, brokenBloorDerby
playerDerby, Victorian copy
DerbyDerby player

 

18th century
player orange hat player
ceramic
1755 Bow1755 Bow
1760's Chelsea
Derby
player
1758-69 Chelsea
Chelsea copy
orange drum
player
player
Chelsea
player
playerplayer
ceramic statuette
pipe and tabor
blue jacket
blue jacket
ceramic figure
player1860
player
blueOutfit


orange drum

1751-1800 Strassburg, Germany

Standing musician with a tricorne hat, a large cylindrical drum (narrow radius, high frame) hanging over his right arm (suspension damaged), which he hits with a large mallet in his left hand. He plays a galoubet or a one-handed flute (the lower part broken off).


Strassburg Porcelain Manufactory / Frankenthal Porcelain Manufactory


player
black jacket
player
player
unknown 20th century
20th c
   
pipe and tabor
purple bows
player
1760-65 Mennecy, V&A
17601760 Mennecy, France
Mennecy
1770-75 New Hall unknown 1770 Plymouth
1790 Staffordshire Pearlware
unknownBurslem, Staffordshire
pipe missing
1950's or 1960's1950's or 1960's modelled
on Kenworthy Schofield, England
Victorian Meissen
1830's
MarsaillesMarseilless earthenware
20th c Provence
20th cVolkstedt
crude copy
red shoes
player
lady player
first half 20th century playerfirst half 20th century player
some repairs
     
       

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