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A Staffordshire Tobacco Jar browse these categories for related items... All Items: Archives:Decorative Art:Ceramics:English: Pre 1900: item # 304520
Arlene Noble Antiques Montclair, New jersey 973 473- 5745 Guest Book Sold |
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| This is a real treat. Its a tobacco jar in the form of the English Lion with the flag of Brittania and the words English Lion at the base. The lion is a cream color at the bottom and changes to yellor and then to an almost orange color for the mane. The jar is perfect, no repairs or chips and the face and figure are well formed. there are some paint losses to the sides of the head, which is where the head would be lifted to fill the pipe, so these losses make sense. A touch of paint if it bothers you, but I wouldn't touch it. He's very handsome and is 7" tall and 4 3/4 at the base. His paw is over the flag and this is a very nice piece of pottery. I date this one late 19th century about 1885. | ||
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