Pot à tabac
Tobacco Jar and Cover
ca. 1750-ca. 1765 (made)
ca. 1750-ca. 1765 (made)
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Tobacco jar and cover, porcelain, cylindrical jar with six vertical flutes; these match the lobes on the domed cover. Painted with flowers in polychrome enamels. The pair to C.308-1909.
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Title | Pot à tabac |
| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels |
| Brief description | Tobacco jar and cover, porcelain, cylindrical jar painted with flowers in polychrome enamels, possibly Mennecy or Crépy-en-Valois porcelain factory, France, about 1750-1765 |
| Physical description | Tobacco jar and cover, porcelain, cylindrical jar with six vertical flutes; these match the lobes on the domed cover. Painted with flowers in polychrome enamels. The pair to C.308-1909. |
| Credit line | Given by J. H. Fitzhenry |
| Production | Acquired as Crépy-en-Valois. Reattributed to Mennecy, probably by W. B. Honey, who, however, published one of these jars as Mennecy or Crépy-en-Valois. The Crépy mark is 'D, C O'. According to Honey the 'O', separated from the first two letters by a comma, stands for Orléans, although Roth and Corbeiller suggest that it could be the initial of a factory workman; the mark here is 'D, C, P'. The same fluting and similar flower painting are found on marked Mennecy tobacco pots. |
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| Accession number | C.309&A-1909 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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