Tobacco jar, Staffordshire, 1800-1820
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1800-1820
Tobacco jar, Staffordshire, 1800-1820 is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 1800-1820. The museum's brief description reads: Tobacco jar, earthenware with terra intensia, made in Staffordshire, 1800-1820.
Museum description: Earthenware tobacco jar, the surface roughened with small particles of coloured clay ('terra intensia'). Cylindrical with dome-shaped cover having a knob in the form of an acorn. The museum record gives material recorded as earthenware; measurements Height 15.9 cm; Diameter 12.7 cm; place associated: Staffordshire. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- earthenware
- Dimensions
- Height 15.9 cm; Diameter 12.7 cm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Earthenware roughened with small particles of coloured clay
- Place recorded
- Staffordshire
Identification
- Museum object name
- Tobacco jar
- Museum object number
- 2462&A-1901
- Museum system number
- O150642
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: confirm materials, dimensions, maker and wider type against the holding institution and a specialist reference.