James Arthur “Arty” Hartshorne, lidded cigarette jar, back

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Lidded cigarette jar, back, showing the matchstrike on the hat. 

Modelled as a smoker, the cigarette smoke perhaps rising into the smoker's left eye causing it to partially close. The lid modelled as a wide-brimmed hat, the back scored to make a matchstrike, the top indented to act as a rest for a cigarette, and the back upturned to form an ashtray within the hat’s brim.

Mark: Hand-incised Salopian script mark with initials JAH of James Arthur Hartshorne
Height: 130mm / 5in
Date: c.1900–1910

Provenance: Private collection, UK


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