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'The Age' promotional porcelain tobacco jar late 19th century…
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Melbourne
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1-Oct-2007
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'The Age' promotional porcelain tobacco jar late 19th century the lidded jar modelled as a bespectacled gentleman dressed in a robe, reading the Age newspaper, 25 cm high. Note: the tobacco jar is one of a pair, the companion piece inscribed the Melbourne-Argus. The jars were reputedly once owned by the first French Consul to Melbourne, Count de Castelnau, also known as Count Fonseca, and were discovered in 1939, amongst the estate of de Castelnau's illegitimate Son, Edward. The Age jar contained a newspaper clipping from the Argus dated December 9, 1939, ascribing ownership to de Castelnau
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Ceramics: Australian Themes & Other Makers