Tobacco Jar
Chantilly Manufactory
(France)
about 1730–40
Medium/TechniqueTin-glazed soft-paste porcelain; silver-gilt mounts; lead tamper
DimensionsOverall (with cover): 16.1 x 9.4 cm (6 5/16 x 3 11/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession number65.1935a-b
On View
Not on viewClassificationsCeramics
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ProvenanceBy 1941, Juan Riano, Spanish Ambassador to the USA; April 12, 1941, sold by Juan Riano at Parke Bernet, New York, lot 210, and bought by Forsyth Wickes (b.1876-d.1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965)
