Rare Staffordshire American pit bull terrier tabacco jar & cover

Victorian, circa 1860. 6.1ins high, 6.3ins wide, 4.3ins depth. Staffordshire tobacco jar and cover which features an American pit bull terrier head, resting on a circular base.







Decorated 'in the round' - decoration to front and reverse.











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Condition

CONDITION: Cover: Generally good. KILN EFFECTS: over glazed shrinkage line to the underside;



a few specks of kiln grit caught in the glaze.



RESTORATION. Filled chips to ears and to both rims.



















Stabilised and retouched hairline.





Jar: Good. No restoration. A few tiny paint losses to muzzle.



Bruise to base edge.



KILN EFFECTS: a few specks of kiln detritus caught in the glaze.








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