Grey-glazed earthenware snuff storage jar

Made:: 1780-1840 in England and France

maker:: Unattributed

Grey-glazed earthenware snuff storage jar
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Grey-glazed earthenware snuff storage jar, albarello shaped with flange round top, parchment lid stretched over aperture, No. J4 and floral surround, barrel and tobacco leaves motif in underglaze blue, painted, English or French, 1780-1840

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Category:: Smoking

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A650943

Materials:: earthenware and lid, parchment, stretched

Measurements:: height 265 mm
max.: diameter 225 mm
base
value approx.: diameter 133 mm
rim
value approx: diameter 134 mm

type:: snuff jar

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Grey-glazed earthenware snuff storage jar

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