Tobacco Jar
CultureDutch
Date18th century
MediumEarthenware with tin glaze (delftware)
DimensionsOverall: 16 inches (40.64 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number33-107/1 A,B
On View
On viewGallery Location
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DescriptionWhite background, blue decoration, two Indians and cartouche with "No. 3. St. Omer."Gallery LabelOrnamental ceramics, such as these chargers with stylized tulips, and sculptures, as seen in the Jan Steen Fantasy Interior to your right, often decorated the tops of large cabinets in the 17th and 18th centuries. The chargers reflect "tulipomania", the European craze for these flowers. The tobacco jar's central cartouche signifies that it once held tobacco from Saint-Omer, a French tobacco producer. The jar's two American Indians smoking long pipes symbolize the first American tobacco imported into Europe.
With Israel Sack, Inc., New York, by 1933;
Purchased from Israel Sack, Inc. by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1933.
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