Object details
Accession number
C18e21.a-c
Primary Creator
Leeds Pottery
(Leeds, England, active 1770 - 1881)
Full title
Tobacco Jar
Creation Date
about 1780-1790
Provenance
Probably in the collection of the British estate agent Edwin Moses Kidd (1826-1904?) until November 1903.
Gift from Mrs. Bryce Allan (Anna Palfrey, 1869-1942) to Isabella Stewart Gardner by 1919.
Marks
Impressed (bottom): LEEDS POTTERY [manufacturer's mark]
Dimensions
11.5 x 14 cm (4 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Display Media
Creamware (lead-glazed earthenware)
Web Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Permanent Gallery Location
Little Salon
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 144. (as Leeds Pottery, dated 1780-1790)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 7, no. 46 (12 Jul. 1964), p. 2.
"Mr. Slee's Book of Creamware Designs: A Reproduction of a Catalogue of Creamware Manufactured by the Senior Family." Leeds Art Calendar (1985), p. 24, no. 518.
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