No. 1/1989, p. 2
Edgar Ring: Report of the meeting in Uelzen
The second meeting on clay-pipe research was held in the Schloss
Holdenstedt Museum, Uelzen, on 15th April 1989. M. Kügler
presented a paper on "Clay Pipes made by the Dorn Family",
Grenzhausen, Westerwald, describing many examples of 18th century
clay pipes (KnasterKOPF No. 1/1989, p. 3-16). M. Seeliger gave
an account of "Clay-Pipe Makers from the Region of the Present
GDR" and listed 40 places where clay pipes were manufactured
(KnasterKOPF No. 1/1989, p. 17-24). E. Legahn used clay pipes
found in Lüneburg to document the lively trade that existed
between Holland and N. Germany. The participants expressed a general
wish that papers on clay pipes should be published in a special
periodical. This soon led to the establishment of the publication
"KnasterKOPF - Mitteilungen für Freunde irdener Pfeifen".
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No. 1/1989, p. 3-16
Martin Kügler: Clay pipes made by the Dorn family
The name "PETER/DORNI" on clay-pipe stems is shown
to be a false name. This name originated from a clay-pipe
maker called Peter Dorn, who worked in Grenzhausen, Westerwald,
in the 18th century. Genealogical research on this
much branched family of clay-pipe makers found several members
of the family with the name of Peter Dorn. However, it is
still not known which of them gave their name to the "DORNI
pipes". Finds at sites of clay-pipe factories provide
good evidence of a considerable number of Dorns who made clay
pipes: Jacob Heinrich Dorn, Wilhelm Dorn, Peter Dorn (II),
Johannes Dorn and the Dorn brothers (Peter (III), Johannes
and Johannes Heinrich Dorn). Apart from pipes marked with
"PETER DORNI", pipes are found with such inscriptions
as "PETER DORZI" and "WILEM DORNI". These
are interpreted as having been used by other pipe makers in
Germany and abroad who tried to "cash in" on the
popularity of Peter Dorn pipes.
"Peter Dorni" pipes
from Grenzhausen, Westerwald,
second half of 18th century
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No. 1/1989, p. 17-25
Matthias Seeliger: Clay-pipe makers from the region of the present
GDR
The first survey of historical documents and publications in this
field has identified 40 towns and villages in which clay pipes where
made in the area of the present German Democratic Republic (GDR).
It is noticeable that concentrations of clay-pipe makers existed
in the area west of Magdeburg (Weferlingen, Salbeck, Harbke, Halberstadt)
and in Saxony (Grimma, Leisnig, Borna, Königsbrück, Kötzschenbroda,
Waldenburg), but no evidence was found of any direct connections
between the different pipe makers. North of Berlin evidence was
found of scattered clay-pipe factories (Hagenow, Lübz, Waren,
Burgstargard, Friedland). The information obtainable is often restricted
to the mere mention of a clay-pipe factory. More detailed information
is sometimes available, i.e. the oldest description of a clay-pipe
factory in Germany dated 1723 from Harbke, and about the more important
production sites such as Grimma. It was noted that information contained
in the technical literature, trade lexicons and accounts of travels
of the 18th and 19th centuries that were evaluated was sometimes
contradictory and was sometimes incorporated, clearly uncritically,
from other sources.
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No. 1/1989, p. 26
Fred Tymstra: International Clay-Pipe Research - The "Pijpelogische
Kring Nederland"
Clay-pipe research has a long tradition in the Netherlands. The
organ of the Pijpelogische Kring Nederland (PKN) has the same name
and consists of four issues per year; it also holds an annual "pijpendag".
The interests of its members range from archaeological material
to documentary and literature research and even to collecting relicts
from clay-pipe factories that have closed down relatively recently.
The most important product of the work done by the PKN is a summary
of Dutch clay-pipe towns and their products (De kleipijp als bodemvondst.
Beknopt overzicht van tien jaar onderzoek naar de belangrijkste
pijpenmakerscentra in de 17de een 18 eeuw. Onder redaktie van Fred
Tymstra en Jan van der Meulen uitg. door de Pijpelogische Kring
Nederland. Leiden 1988).
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