File:Tobacco jar lid handle (profile) (FindID 652029).jpg

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tobacco jar lid handle (profile)
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Royal Institution of Cornwall, Anna Tyacke, 2015-06-02 23:47:51
Title
tobacco jar lid handle (profile)
Description
English: Handle or finial from the lid of a cast lead tobacco jar, in the form of a man's head with defined, striated hair that extends to the back of the neck where it kicks outwards slightly into a straight edge. The face has large lentoid eyes, a protruding triangular nose and slightly pouting lips. Below the neck the finial expands into an everted circular base which could represent the shoulders. The finial then narrows to a cylindrical lug which would have attached to the lid that is now missing. The style of hair and countenance suggest that this character may represent the Cornishman John Wesley (1703-1791), who is credited with the foundation of the evangelical movement known as Methodism and who was renown for preaching against the use of tobacco. So this my have been used ironically, as a figure of fun, perhaps by Anglicans trying to ridicule his growing popularity in the county and beyond.

Bailey (2000) illustrates similar lead tobacco boxes on page 63, in figs.3-4, which he dates from the Georgian period (1714-1830).
Depicted place (County of findspot) Cornwall
Date between 1700 and 1800
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1700-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1800-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 652029
Old ref: CORN-704534
Filename: Nov14finds1002.JPG
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/519243
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/519243/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/652029
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Object location50° 06′ 18.36″ N, 5° 33′ 21.78″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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