Late Victorian Taylor, Tunnicliffe & Co. Neo-Classical Stoneware Tobacco Jar & Humidor, C. 1899

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Bring a touch of late-Victorian sophistication to your library, office, or mantel with this antique stoneware tobacco jar and humidor … Read more Bring a touch of late-Victorian sophistication to your library, office, or mantel with this antique stoneware tobacco jar and humidor by the renowned Staffordshire pottery house, Taylor, Tunnicliffe & Co. (Longton, England). Produced at the turn of the 20th century, this handsome piece channels the timeless elegance of classic Neo-Classical styling.

The cylindrical body features a rich, matte chocolate-brown slip ground, beautifully contrasted by sprigged white stoneware bas-relief appliqués. The decorative program showcases meticulously detailed classical Greek figures, musical lyres, and a crisp, repeating laurel leaf border encircling the upper rim. It comes complete with its original, matching glazed ceramic lid topped with a clean-lined finial knob.

The underside is fully marked with the maker’s prestigious interlocking "TT" garter mark beneath a crown, alongside the pattern range mark "A.F.C." (Alex F. Craig). The base features British Registry Number RD № 350249, which officially dates the design registration to late 1899. It also bears PATENT № 15259, which historically reference's the firm’s unique airtight compression lid engineering designed to keep fine pipe tobacco perfectly fresh. See less