STAFFORDSHIRE CHINOISERIE MOTIF TRANSFER-PRINTED CERAMIC PARTIAL TWO-PIECE SMOKER'S SET, comprising a candlestick (cover), a tobacco jar (base), and a tobacco press/weight having screw top snuff top which fits into base, featuring a continuous transfer scene including an exotic structure with a couple sitting at a table, the woman playing a lute, and two figures in a boat with arched bridge and buildings in background. First half 19th century. 9 1/8" HOA.
Literature: For similar complete sets see Coysh and Henrywood- The Dictionary of Blue & White Printed Pottery, 1780-1880, Volume I, p. 331, colour pl. XXIV and XXV; the Hallidays - Extraordinary British Transferware, 1780-1840, p. 316-317.
Provenance: From the estate of Josephine Weidman, Cleveland, OH.
Catalogue Note: Complete Staffordshire smoker's set examples are rare. The distinct pieces would easily have been knocked over or dropped. These sets are sometimes called a "Bargee's Companion".
Each having areas of restoration, snuff top with chip to interior flange.