Lot Essay
See Howard, op. cit., p. 298, who illustrates another tobacco jar and cover from this service
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AN ARMORIAL TOBACCO JAR AND COVER
CIRCA 1735
The cylindrical sides painted with the coat-of-arms of Upton on the front and the war horse and ducal coronet Upton crest on the back, scattered chrysanthemum sprigs on the sides, all between scroll band and spearhead borders and repeated on the cover (small frits around base, minute chip to knop)--4in. (10.1cm.) high
CIRCA 1735
The cylindrical sides painted with the coat-of-arms of Upton on the front and the war horse and ducal coronet Upton crest on the back, scattered chrysanthemum sprigs on the sides, all between scroll band and spearhead borders and repeated on the cover (small frits around base, minute chip to knop)--4in. (10.1cm.) high