Tobacco jar, England, 1801-1900

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Tobacco jar, England, 1801-1900. Science Museum, London. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Dried pipe tobacco leaves would have been stored inside this earthenware jar, which may have been used in a tobacconist’s or bought by a customer and used at home. The jar is marked with the name of Bewlay, a tobacconist based at 49 Strand, London. They sold ‘smoking apparatus’ and have highlighted their social standing with a reference to the Duke of Sussex, one of their customers. maker: Unknown maker Place made: England, United Kingdom

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