Tobacco jar, Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, Etruria, late 19th century
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
late 19th century
Tobacco jar, Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, Etruria, late 19th century is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated late 19th century. The museum's brief description reads: Tobacco jar, jasperware, Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, Etruria, late 19th century.
Museum description: Tobacco jar, green jasperware, decorated with various white applied reliefs; anthemion pattern to rim, floral swag featuring bucranium head around upper body, repeating vertical Doric columns around the body. The museum record gives material recorded as Jasperware; measurements Diameter 130 mm; place associated: Etruria. 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
- Jasperware
- Dimensions
- Diameter 130 mm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Jasperware with applied relief
- Place recorded
- Etruria
Design
- Inscriptions recorded
- N' / 'WEDGWOOD' (impressed on base)
Identification
- Museum object name
- Tobacco jar
- Museum object number
- WE.12090-2014
- Museum system number
- O1785046
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.