Online Auction 21110The Collection of Ann & Gordon Getty: Wheatland Online
SIX DUTCH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE TOBACCO JARS WITH BRASS COVERS
Lot 328

SIX DUTCH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE TOBACCO JARS WITH BRASS COVERS

18TH CENTURY, THE COVERS POSSIBLY LATER

Closed20 October 2023

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SIX DUTCH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE TOBACCO JARS WITH BRASS COVERS
18TH CENTURY, THE COVERS POSSIBLY LATER
All baluster form, comprising:
Three examples with two smoking figures in feather headdresses flanking a sign with foliate mantle reading N. 4 RAPPEE, RAPPEE, or POMPADOER, the ones labeled RAPPEE and POMPADOER with blue MQ/VI mark
An example labeled No 9 in a foliate surround, blue mark for Lambertus Sanderus at De Porceleyne Claeuw
An example with an eagle on a shield labeled No. 10, blue mark for De 3 Klokken
An example labeled B BREZEL above a rooster
13 1⁄8 in. (33.3 cm.) high, the tallest without the brass cover

Acquired from Mallett & Son Antiques Ltd., London, by Ann and Gordon Getty in 1981 (2).

Specialist note

Tobacco was first introduced in Europe from the Americas by the Spanish, where it quickly became popular both for medicinal and recreational uses. Tobacco continued to be grown in the Americas, where the leaf was dried and twisted into cords called 'carottes' to be shipped to the markets of Europe. On arrival, the carottes were ground by tobacco merchants and kept in Delft jars, such as those offered here, labeled according to the flavor of the tobacco, such as tonka bean, or where it originated, such as Varinas or St. Domingo.

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