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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Fill Your Pipe and Welcome

Tobacco Pot
ca. 1875-1899 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

'Fill Your Pipe and Welcome' tobacco jar, earthenware, made by W. Mason & Co., Church Gresley, ca. 1875-99


Object details

Category
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Tobacco Jar
  • Cover
Titles
  • Fill Your Pipe and Welcome (manufacturer's title)
  • Barge Ware (generic title)
  • Measham Ware (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, with applied decoration and painted in enamels
Brief description
'Fill Your Pipe and Welcome' tobacco jar, earthenware, made by W. Mason & Co., Church Gresley, ca. 1875-99
Style
Marks and inscriptions
Unmarked
Gallery label
Tobacco jar 'Fill Your Pipe and Welcome' Made by W. Mason & Co., Church Gresley, Derbyshire, about 1875-99 Unmarked Earthenware, with applied decoration and painted in enamels Circ.335&A-1973(23/05/2008)
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.335&A-1973

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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