A Blue and White Dutch Delft Tobaccojar 'Tonka'
Price: € 1500
- Blue and white jar and brass cover
- The ovoid body is painted on the front with an Indian chieftain smoking a pipe and seated on a pedestal beside a covered tobacco jar inscribed 'Tonka' before a tall leafy tobacco plant. To the right two ships under sail, and to the left a barrel revealing tobacco leaves beside other cargo vessels
- With a associated brass lid
- Mesurement with lid: 37cm. (14.56")
- Marked BP in blue for De Vergulde Blompot (The Gilt Flowerpot) factory
- Origin
- Holland
- Period
- 18e eeuw
- Material
- Dutch Delft Earthenware
- Signature
- Marked BP in blue for De Vergulde Blompot (The Gilt Flowerpot) factory
- Reference
- 115-674
- Sizes
- 26 x 23 cm
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