Featured Please help identify this toby jug (probably tobacco jar)

Discussion in 'Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain' started by Rick_T, Jul 25, 2021.

  1. Rick_T

    Rick_T New Member

    Hi there, folks ! I'm trying to find any information I can about this item that I have been told is a toby jug. It's 5 inches tall and weighs 8.9 ounces. The lid/hat comes off and inside the rim at the back of the lid/hat is what looks like "4707", "4101", "4107", or "4701". Any information, details, pointers, and/or value you may know of would be most appreciated! If there's any other information I can provide or photos I can post please let me know. Thank you in advance for your assistance!
    -Rick

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  2. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    Toby Jugs usually have a handle.
    This is a pot with a lid.
     
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  3. say_it_slowly

    say_it_slowly The worst prison is a closed heart

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  4. Darkwing Manor

    Darkwing Manor Well-Known Member

    It is not a Toby mug or jug because there is no handle. I would call it a Victorian-era bisque covered caricature jar, probably a humidor, possibly German or Austrian. I tried Napolean, dandy, egg man, soldier, fat boy, and got no hits. The closest I could find was this unidentified jar. The marks might be similar, but still unreadable, sorry. "The vintage bisque humidor is a small roly poly figure of a Tyrolean man wearing a feathered cap, lederhosen, and sporting a handlebar mustache, worn mark on the underside, 5 ¼"H." This one with a later Staffordshire Toby covered humidor sold for $23 the pair. https://www.aspireauctions.com/#!/catalog/316/1400/lot/49981 staff toby tobacco jar.jpg staff2.jpg
     
  5. Darkwing Manor

    Darkwing Manor Well-Known Member

    Good one, say-it-! That could be their mark!
    sv mark.jpg
     
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  6. Rick_T

    Rick_T New Member

    Thank you for the clues so far, folks! Based on the info you've provided I've found three more similar to it online including one that looks exactly like it. Still haven't figured out exactly who made them or what they're worth. Maybe these links will help others with more experience than I have:

    1) German Bisque Theodore TEDDY Roosevelt Tobacco Jar - C 1900
    https://www.pinterest.com/pin/226517056230931955/

    2) Vintage Bisque Tobacco Jar
    https://www.etsy.com/listing/957454...uery=antique+tobacco+jars&ref=sr_gallery-1-18

    3) Antique Figural Bisque Porcelain Tobacco Jar Container Humidor Humpty Dumpty
    http://cigarhumidorsecondhand.com/2...-tobacco-jar-container-humidor-humpty-dumpty/
     
  7. wiscbirddog

    wiscbirddog Well-Known Member

    Just gotta laugh at pinterest description
    looks nothing like Teddy Roosevelt. :D
     
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