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Tobacco jar and cover
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Tobacco jar and cover
- Place of origin:
Liverpool, England (probably, made)
- Date:
1805-1810 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Herculaneum Factory (makers)
- Materials and Techniques:
Lead glazed earthenware
- Credit Line:
Given by C.E. Jowitt, M.B.E.
- Museum number:
C.70 to C-1986
- Gallery location:
Ceramics Study Galleries, Britain & Europe, room 139, case 30, shelf 2
Physical description
Cylindrical lead glazed earthenware tobacco jar with cover and inner weight covered in sprigs of topers, putti, trees painted in pink, black, pale pink, green and light blue.
[Tobacco jar] cylindrical lower part with turned base rings
[Cover] High domed cover surmounted by a knop of grotesque heads
[Inner weight] flat inner weight with knop
Place of Origin
Liverpool, England (probably, made)
Date
1805-1810 (made)
Artist/maker
Herculaneum Factory (makers)
Materials and Techniques
Lead glazed earthenware
Marks and inscriptions
[Tobacco jar] inscribed under the rim 'Benjamin Jowitt'
Materials
Earthenware
Categories
Ceramics; Earthenware
Collection code
CER
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