Tobacco jar, Chetham & Woolley, Staffordshire, 1800-15
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1800-15
Tobacco jar, Chetham & Woolley, Staffordshire, 1800-15 is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 1800-15. The museum's brief description reads: Tobacco jar, cover and tamper, feldspathic stoneware, made by Chetham & Woolley, Staffordshire, 1800-15.
Museum description: Tobacco jar and cover of white feldspathic stoneware, cylindrical with a bell shaped cover, dark brown ground with applied white sprig moulded reliefs depicting classical scenes and the American coat of arms The museum record gives material recorded as Earthenware, Stoneware; measurements Height 14.0 cm; Diameter 13.3 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
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Earthenware, Stoneware
- Dimensions
- Height 14.0 cm; Diameter 13.3 cm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Feldspathic stoneware, applied moulded decoration
- Place recorded
- Staffordshire
Identification
- Museum object name
- Tobacco jar
- Museum object number
- C.34:1 to 3-2025
- Museum system number
- O1795746
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.