SARREGUEMINES - Lot 445

SARREGUEMINES "Pot à tabac pot de fer Circa 1920-25 Majolica tobacco pot in fine earthenware coated with glazes colored with metallic oxides. Bears the shape number "370", which corresponds, in the list of fancy and decorative object numbers, to the pot à tabac pot de fer". Probably inspired by Jean de la Fontaine's fable "Le pot de fer et le pot de terre". Obtained by casting, in the shape of an iron pot with a smiling face, resting on the debris of a broken earthenware pot. A cat's head emerges from inside the pot, lifting the lid. The cat's head serves as the lid of the tobacco jar, but probably corresponds to shape number 374, known as a "gibelotte" tobacco jar. Debossed marks under the base: "C 11B - SARREGUEMINES FRANCE" for the factory, shape number "370", paste number "531", shaping marks "V", "T" and "C". Total height: 23.50 cm Chips