232 TOBACCO-PIPES, CIGARS, ETC. 



When you Lave filled, without delay, 

 Close the lid, or sixpence pay." 



Tobacco jars of porcelain are a comparatively modern 

 invention, and exhibit a large variety of design. Many 

 are costly, none are cheap. We select three examples, 

 sufficient to display the whim and fancy they occasion- 

 ally exhibit. The first represents a fat cook bearing 



two horns to hold cigars, the body of the figure 

 contains the tobacco; the line formed by the tucked- 

 up sleeves and the apron conceals the juncture of the 

 lid, which is converted into the upper half of the figure. 

 The second represents a fool who has broken his way 

 through a large drum, the 'head of the fool is a con- 

 venient handle to remove the lid, which fits into the top 

 of the drum where the tobacco is placed. The third, 

 which has enjoyed the most general popularity, repre- 

 sents a young girl in the dress of the Regence smoothing 

 the folds of her ample petticoat. The festoons of her 

 dress conceal, at their edges, the junction of the upper 

 and lower portion of this convenient and pretty 

 tobacco-box. 



