Tobacco jar

Sèvres Manufactory (France)

1758

Object PlaceFrance

Medium/TechniqueSoft-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels and gold

DimensionsOverall: 10.7cm (4 3/16in.)
Other (diameter): 9.9 cm (3 7/8 in.)

Credit LineBequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection

Accession number65.1845

On View

Not on view

ClassificationsCeramics

Collections

Europe

ProvenancePossibly Baronne Leopold de Rothschild, Hamilton Palace, England [see note 1]. Possibly Sir Anthony de Rothschild, London [see note 1]. Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York; December 28, 1948, sold by Rosenberg & Stiebel to Forsyth Wickes (b.1876-d.1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965)

NOTES:
[1] See Jeffrey H. Munger, "The Forsyth Wickes Collection" (1992, p. 170).