Museum number:

APM 22.210

Subcollection:

smokers' utensils

Title:

snuff tobacco jar

Keyword:

"RAPPE"

Description:

Snuff jar in earthenware with a baluster-shape with a cylindrical neck and a hemispherical lid with a flat rim and knob. Pot and lid white tin glaze stamped in blue with "RAPPE" on the belly in a spacing in purple.

Date:

Period 1830 - 1860


Dimensions:

GeneralHeight5.31 in (13.5 cm)
Diameter2.56 in (6.5 cm)
Characteristics
Materialpottery (ceramic)
Techniquethrown (potters' wheel)
Colouryellowish
Finish tinglazuur, wit, blauw, paars
Traces of use slijtage
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryThe Netherlands
Region nationalFriesland
TownHarlingen
Acquisition
Year 2015
Comments
Ook gepubliceerd in Harlingen 2.
Literature
Minze van den Akker, Fries aardewerk, majolica, faience, kerfsnee. Harlingen, 2007. p 278, nr 0271602. Dit exemplaar.
Exhibition
Harlingen, Harlinger Aardewerk Museum, permanente presentatie, <2000-2015.
Amsterdam Pipe Museum, tentoonstelling "Cultuur snuiven, de geheimen van snuiftabak", 27 augustus - 10 december 2016.

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