S/5779 Antique Treen 19th Century Sycamore Lidded Tobacco Jar

An imposing circular tobacco jar of most pleasing proportions, having a well turned fitted lid, with a knob handle, that has a stepped, rounded and protruding edge. The container, of cylindrical form, is raised on a shallow, stepped and vertical foot. It has a most excellent colour, as it has been well used, and a most attractive mottled patination.

Provenance: from a Welsh private collection

Sold 7 in. (18 cm.) High
5½ in. (14 cm.) Diameter English Circa 1840