Object number
68/27/1-2
Description
This is a tobacco jar from 343 Oxford Road, which was previously a tobacconist, probably dating from the early 20th century. It is a stoneware jar which is painted red but peeling badly.
Archival history
MERL ‘Handwritten Accession’ form - ‘JAR (Tobacco) // TRADES and PROFESSIONS - Tobacconists // Mr Belchen, 343 Oxford Road, Reading // Found in a tobacconist/ sweet shop at above address- probably there since turn of century. Stoneware- painted red but peeling badly [pencil drawing].’
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_9801.tif - High resolution image
