Tobacco Jar
1811 (dated)
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Every region had its local style, and the more isolated the potteries, the more idiosyncratic their products. Sussex had boasted potteries with a distinct local character since the early 18th century, but by the end of the eighteenth century these potteries began to develop techniques that were unique to the area: namely, inlaying the russet-brown iron-flecked body with printers’ type and metal stamps of tiny stars or other shapes, all filled with white slip and carefully scraped clean. A version of this also spread across the Kent border in the early nineteenth century to High Halden in Kent, where red clay storage jars were decorated with fronds of foliage, gouged or impressed and filled with white slip. At Brede in Sussex, a particular style of decoration with bands of interlaced hoops of stars flourished in the 1790s, usually found on cylindrical tobacco jars or tea canisters. Inlaid wares were also made at East Grinstead, and from the 1790s at Chailey, where the potters developed the technique into an elaborate art form.
Taken from Robin HIldyard, English Pottery 1620-1840, V&A Publications, 2005
Taken from Robin HIldyard, English Pottery 1620-1840, V&A Publications, 2005
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Lead-glazed earthenware with inlaid decoration |
Brief description | Cylindrical tobacco jar of red lead-glazed earthenware with inlaid decoration. English, probably made in Chailey, Sussex, dated 1811. |
Physical description | Tobacco jar of red earthenware, decorated with an inscription and stars impressed and filled with white clay, the whole being covered with a yellow glaze. Cylindrical in shape with an inscription 'E.C. FEBUARY [sic]. 18. 1811', and is placed between two bands of stars arranged in interlacing semicircles. |
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Gallery label | Tobacco-jar
Probably made in Chailey, Sussex, dated 1811
Lead-glazed earthenware with inlaid decoration
3723-1901 Given by Mr Henry Willett to the Jermyn Street Collection(23/05/2008) |
Credit line | Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street |
Object history | Given by Henry Willett, Esq. Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street. |
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Summary | Every region had its local style, and the more isolated the potteries, the more idiosyncratic their products. Sussex had boasted potteries with a distinct local character since the early 18th century, but by the end of the eighteenth century these potteries began to develop techniques that were unique to the area: namely, inlaying the russet-brown iron-flecked body with printers’ type and metal stamps of tiny stars or other shapes, all filled with white slip and carefully scraped clean. A version of this also spread across the Kent border in the early nineteenth century to High Halden in Kent, where red clay storage jars were decorated with fronds of foliage, gouged or impressed and filled with white slip. At Brede in Sussex, a particular style of decoration with bands of interlaced hoops of stars flourished in the 1790s, usually found on cylindrical tobacco jars or tea canisters. Inlaid wares were also made at East Grinstead, and from the 1790s at Chailey, where the potters developed the technique into an elaborate art form. Taken from Robin HIldyard, English Pottery 1620-1840, V&A Publications, 2005 |
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Accession number | 3723-1901 |
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Record created | March 31, 2008 |
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