Mytton Antiques - Jerrard Nares has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
Realistically decorated and glazed in the form of jolly man, wearing a purple turban and head cloth, as he looks forward with a happy expression, his neatly bearded chin over a high collar, tied with a tasseled draw string. The turban top lifting off to form the cover of the jar.
Date circa 1880.
Height 11 inches, 29cm.
Width 8 1/2 inches, 22cm.
Depth 6 1/4 inches, 16cm.
Mytton Antiques - Jerrard Nares has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
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19TH C POTTERY TOBACCO JAR
