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FOUR DUTCH DELFT V.O.C. TOBACCO JARS AND BRASS COVERS
Lot 148

FOUR DUTCH DELFT V.O.C. TOBACCO JARS AND BRASS COVERS

CIRCA 1750-1775, BLUE BP MARKS FOR DE VERGULDE BLOMPOT TO THREE, ONE WTIH THREE LOZENGE MARK, PROBABLY FOR DE DRIJE KLOKKEN

Fermé1 October 2013

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GBP 4,000

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FOUR DUTCH DELFT V.O.C. TOBACCO JARS AND BRASS COVERS
CIRCA 1750-1775, BLUE BP MARKS FOR DE VERGULDE BLOMPOT TO THREE, ONE WTIH THREE LOZENGE MARK, PROBABLY FOR DE DRIJE KLOKKEN
Each painted with a smoking Indian figure seated under a large tobacco plant, beside a tobacco jar and cover, each jar numbered, with a barrel and a box with the conjoined VOC monogram to the side, with ships in the distance, each with stepped conical brass cover
Each approx. 16 in. (41 cm.) high overall (4)

Anonymous sale; Christie's Amsterdam, 24 September 2002, lots 119 (lozenge mark), 118, 121 and 122.

Note du spécialiste

During the second half of the 18th Century various tobacco jars were ordered by the V.O.C.. The jars were often painted with the name of the variety of tobacco, with the coat-of-arms of the town or with scenes related to tobacco production and trade.