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MARK OF WILLIAM HENRY JACKSON, LONDON, 1885
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A VICTORIAN SILVER TOBACCO JAR AND COVER
MARK OF WILLIAM HENRY JACKSON, LONDON, 1885
In the 18th century Dutch style, cylindrical, the sides chased with ribbon-tied husk swags, with two scroll handles, the detachable cover with a finial cast as a carousing male, engraved with a poem, marked near rim and inside cover
6¼ in. (16 cm.) high
19 oz. (579 gr.)
The engraved poem reads
'Tobacco is an Indian weed
Grows green at morn cut down at eve
It shows our decay man's life is but clay
Think of this when you're smoking Tobacco
The pipe that is so lily white
In which so many take delight
Is broke with a touch, man's life is but such
Think of this when you're smoking Tobacco
The smoke that does so high ascend
It shows man's life must have an end
When the vapour is gone, man's life is done
Think of this when you're smoking Tobacco
The ashes which are left behind
They serve to put us all in mind
That unto dust return we must
Think of this when you're smoking Tobacco'
MARK OF WILLIAM HENRY JACKSON, LONDON, 1885
In the 18th century Dutch style, cylindrical, the sides chased with ribbon-tied husk swags, with two scroll handles, the detachable cover with a finial cast as a carousing male, engraved with a poem, marked near rim and inside cover
6¼ in. (16 cm.) high
19 oz. (579 gr.)
The engraved poem reads
'Tobacco is an Indian weed
Grows green at morn cut down at eve
It shows our decay man's life is but clay
Think of this when you're smoking Tobacco
The pipe that is so lily white
In which so many take delight
Is broke with a touch, man's life is but such
Think of this when you're smoking Tobacco
The smoke that does so high ascend
It shows man's life must have an end
When the vapour is gone, man's life is done
Think of this when you're smoking Tobacco
The ashes which are left behind
They serve to put us all in mind
That unto dust return we must
Think of this when you're smoking Tobacco'
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, South Kensington, 30 November 2007, lot 187.
Brought to you by
Arne Everwijn
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