Two Derbyshire salt-glazed tobacco jars, mid-19th century
the first, with inner and outer cover, dated 1843, inscribed to 'A. Waine, Nottingham', decorated with the reverse heads of Victoria and Albert and 'Prince Albert Queen Victoria' inscription, 21cm high; the second, lacking cover, moulded with monkeys smoking pipe, 10cm high (2)

Provenance: Collection of Roy G. Hughes, former curator of Derby Museum and collaborative author of 'English Brown Stoneware 1670-1900' (Faber and Faber, London, 1982). A Victoria and Albert tobacco jar is illustrated in plate 126a.