Tobacco jar, Pitt, Richard, England, ca.1770
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca.1770
Tobacco jar, Pitt, Richard, England, ca.1770 is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated ca.1770. The museum's brief description reads: Tobacco jar, pewter, engraved, by Richard Pitt or Pitt and Dadley, London, England, ca.
1770. Museum description: Oval tobacco jar, engraved with oval panels on each side. One panel depicts a scene of five men sitting round a table smoking pipes. The other panel depicts people carrying barrels on a beach, with a ship coming in. The museum record gives material recorded as pewter; measurements Height 16 cm; Width 14 cm; Depth 9.4 cm; place associated: England; maker recorded: Pitt, Richard. 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
- pewter
- Dimensions
- Height 16 cm; Width 14 cm; Depth 9.4 cm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Engraved pewter
- Maker recorded
- Pitt, Richard
- Place recorded
- England
Identification
- Museum object name
- Tobacco jar
- Museum object number
- M.160-1930
- Museum system number
- O106941
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.