Tobacco Jars - Lot 84

Tobacco Jars Langeais earthenware, 19th* century Large cream-colored tobacco jar with platinum highlights, decorated with pear tree branches bearing heavy pears and a few unhollowed branch tips. The lid’s finial is a curved branch. Marked with an X and the number VI—likely the marks of the mold maker and the decorator, as attribution to Charles de Boissimon is certain. Good condition, with small chips at the base. H 18.5 cm Tobacco jar decorated with a vine and platinum highlights, and therefore dating from after 1862, the year Charles Heard de Boissimon obtained his patent. Marked “F” and “5” on the bottom of the jar and “5” in pen under the lid. Broken rim, chips, and wear H 12 cm Tobacco jar with a cream-colored base and platinum highlights, also dating from after 1862, depicting a bundle of cigars. Marked with a platinum “V” on the bottom of the pot and the same “V” number under the lid, perhaps to indicate the type of decoration or the decorator. Lid reattached and minor wear. H 11.5 cm Cream-glazed tobacco jar with platinum highlights depicting a tree trunk covered in vines, with hollowed-out branches serving as pipe holders. A larger secondary trunk, also hollowed out, serves as a match holder. A crack and wear on the silver plating, and chips on the lid. H 18 cm Tobacco jar with a cream-colored base and vine decoration without platinum inlay. Marked “CB” for Charles de Boissimon and the letter “O.” A crack in the body; chips on the lid. H 12.6 cm Mid-19th century Identical shape to the previous piece, with a more classic cream base and a platinum rim, featuring a vine design that is less elaborate and more stylized than on pot 162. Same mark. H 17.8 cm