Tobacco jar
Teofani and Co., Ltd.
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
1930 - 1959
Materials
Cedar [juniperus virginiana], Oak, Paper, Silver
Measurements
130 mm (H)
Place of origin
Old Bond Street
Collection
Nuffield Place, Oxfordshire
NT 1652246
Summary
Tobacco jar. Spherical. Stained oak. 4 silver ball feet. Silver hinged lid. Paler wood lined. 2 Corrugated paper rounds inside.
Provenance
Collection William R. Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, by bequest to Nuffield College, University of Oxford, 1963, by transfer to National Trust, Nuffield Place, 2011.
Marks and inscriptions
printed ; inside ; TEOFANI AND CO. LTD. \ 5 OLD BOND STREET, LONDON W ; on gold paper badge stuck inside lid ; distributor
Makers and roles
Teofani and Co., Ltd.