232 TOBACCO-PIPES, CIGARS, ETC. 



When you have 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 Re g ence sm.ooth.in g 

 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. 



