Tobacco jar and cover
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1923
This object is a glazed earthenware tobacco jar and matching cover, produced in England in 1923. The jar features a cylindrical body with a slightly flaring rim and a domed lid surmounted by a sculptured finial shaped like a small animal figure.
The exterior is decorated with painted motifs in blue over a light-coloured ground. The body displays repeating vertical foliate patterns arranged in parallel columns, interspersed with stylized dots. A horizontal band of scrolling leafy ornament wraps around the upper shoulder, while the domed lid is similarly decorated with radiating leaf motifs.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Historical context
The painted decoration was executed by Dora M. Billington in 1923. The object was later given to the museum directly by the artist.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Earthenware, glazed
Technical characteristics
- Maker recorded
- Billington, Dora M
- Place recorded
- England
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Victoria and Albert Museum collection record for this single object; how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Museum object name
- Tobacco jar and cover
- Museum object number
- C.502&A-1934
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.