Tobacco jar and cover

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Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

ca. 1900

This earthenware tobacco jar and cover was manufactured by Henry Tooth & Co. Ltd. at Bretby Art Pottery in Woodville, near Burton-on-Trent, Derbyshire, England, around 1900. Standing 15.6 cm in height with its cover and measuring 13.4 cm in diameter, the vessel is finished with a metallic glaze and decorated with applied elements.

The jar features the word 'TOBACCO' on its side, along with stylized swirling forms and applied cabochon-like details. The fitted cover is sculpted with the raised head and flowing hair of a figure emerging from the surface, alongside the inscription 'NIKOTIANK'. The base of the piece bears an impressed maker's mark consisting of 'BRETBY' beneath a rising sun and 'ENGLAND', accompanied by the impressed shape number '1634'.

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Historical context

The piece was featured in the Arts Council Touring Show 'Art Nouveau in Britain' and is referenced in Nikolaus Pevsner's 1965 publication for the exhibition.

Physical characteristics

Material: Earthenware with metallic glaze and applied decoration
Dimensions: Height (with cover): 15.6 cm; Diameter: 13.4 cm

Technical characteristics

Inscriptions: Date: Text: Research required; Latest: Research required; Earliest: Research required; Note: Maker's mark impressed on base; Type: Research required; Medium: Research required; Method: Research required; Script: Research required; Content: 'BRETBY' beneath a rising sun and 'ENGLAND'; Language: Research required; Position: Research required; Inscriber: Name: Id: Research required; Text: Research required; Association: Id: Research required; Text: Research required; Description: Research required; Translation: Research required; Interpretation: Research required; Transliteration: Research required Date: Text: Research required; Latest: Research required; Earliest: Research required; Note: Shape number impressed on base; Type: Research required; Medium: Research required; Method: Research required; Script: Research required; Content: '1634'; Language: Research required; Position: Research required; Inscriber: Name: Id: Research required; Text: Research required; Association: Id: Research required; Text: Research required; Description: Research required; Translation: Research required; Interpretation: Research required; Transliteration: Research required Date: Text: Research required; Latest: Research required; Earliest: Research required; Note: on side of jar; Type: Research required; Medium: Research required; Method: Research required; Script: Research required; Content: 'TOBACCO'; Language: Research required; Position: Research required; Inscriber: Name: Id: Research required; Text: Research required; Association: Id: Research required; Text: Research required; Description: Research required; Translation: Research required; Interpretation: Research required; Transliteration: Research required Date: Text: Research required; Latest: Research required; Earliest: Research required; Note: on cover; Type: Research required; Medium: Research required; Method: Research required; Script: Research required; Content: 'NIKOTIANK'; Language: Research required; Position: Research required; Inscriber: Name: Id: Research required; Text: Research required; Association: Id: Research required; Text: Research required; Description: Research required; Translation: Research required; Interpretation: Research required; Transliteration: Research required
Maker recorded: Henry Tooth & Co. Ltd.; Bretby Art Pottery
Place recorded: Woodville

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: CIRC.607&A-1966

Catalogue references

No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.