Details
All baluster form, comprising:
Three examples with two smoking figures in feather headdresses flanking a sign with foliate mantle reading N. 4 RAPPEE, RAPPEE, or POMPADOER, the ones labeled RAPPEE and POMPADOER with blue MQ/VI mark
An example labeled No 9 in a foliate surround, blue mark for Lambertus Sanderus at De Porceleyne Claeuw
An example with an eagle on a shield labeled No. 10, blue mark for De 3 Klokken
An example labeled B BREZEL above a rooster
1318 in. (33.3 cm.) high, the tallest without the brass cover
Provenance
Acquired from Mallett & Son Antiques Ltd., London, by Ann and Gordon Getty in 1981 (2).
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Tobacco was first introduced in Europe from the Americas by the Spanish, where it quickly became popular both for medicinal and recreational uses. Tobacco continued to be grown in the Americas, where the leaf was dried and twisted into cords called 'carottes' to be shipped to the markets of Europe. On arrival, the carottes were ground by tobacco merchants and kept in Delft jars, such as those offered here, labeled according to the flavor of the tobacco, such as tonka bean, or where it originated, such as Varinas or St. Domingo.

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