Set of several tobacco jars - Lot 74

Set of several tobacco jars Stoneware, 19th century, circa 1860 The first, with a pewter lid (broken hinge), cylindrical, made of pale brown stoneware, is decorated with moldings alternating between two pairs of ancient lovers, a fisherman, and a falconer, in the style of 18th-century Flemish and German stoneware. This jar must have belonged to a doctor, as a paper label bears the title “Doctor” followed by an illegible name. One can imagine it taking pride of place, along with others, in a lounge reserved for doctors at a 19th-century hospital. Marked with a symbol that could be a J and a Z, for Jules Ziegler. Numerous chips. H 16 cm The second, made of Beauvais stoneware, circa 1880, is also topped with a chiseled pewter lid. On the body, four moldings of the head of Bacchus, god of the vine, are set between two circular friezes—one upper and one lower—of finely drawn pearls. Marked P. H 18 cm The third, made of glazed brown earthenware, is decorated with ochre moldings alternating between Ceres, the goddess of the harvest, and a large basket of flowers and fruits. On the lid, which is molded with pearls of fruit and flowers, the knob is an ochre-colored cocker spaniel, lying down with its head raised. It resembles, in a more refined manner, the following figure. No mark, but in the style of Jules Ziegler. 19th century Chips. H 18 cm A third figure, on a fine surface striated with circular grooves, features alternating moldings of vine leaves and a bird fiercely defending its nest against a cat. On the lid, adorned with scattered leaves, a large flower serves as a finial. Marked “1” and “Sarreguemines” in a stamp. Lid broken. H 17 cm A fourth piece, made of glazed stoneware from the late 19th century—Beauvais region: brown glazed, with the body decorated with an antique profile alternating with a stylized flower. No mark. Lid broken and reattached. H 11.5 cm The last one, made of Beauvais stoneware and pewter, second half of the 19th century, opens with a hinge. The decoration features two figures within a garland—one a fisherman, the other a falconer—and incorporates, in a simplified and more recent form, two of the motifs from pot 76, but without the classical couple. H 17 cm