Williamsburg Blue Delft Tobacco Jar Porcelain Ornament

Product Description

This mini Williamsburg Blue Delft Tobacco Jar Porcelain Ornament is an adaptation of an 18th-century Delft tobacco jar in Colonial Williamsburg's collections. We love this porcelain ornament as part of a blue-and-white-themed tree or as a special memento or gift from the nation's iconic Colonial city. This ornament measures 2.5"H and is made exclusively for Colonial Williamsburg retail stores. 

Features

• Adaptation of an 18th-Century antique tobacco jar in Colonial Williamsburg's collections
• Made of porcelain
• Blue scroll motif with "Williamsburg" at the center
• Ribbon for hanging
• A Colonial Williamsburg retail shops exclusive!

Inspiration

Tobacco, the "intoxicating vegetable," was one of Virginia's most important cash crops in the colonial period. The early prosperity of the colony depended largely on the growth and sale of the plant that John Rolfe learned in 1612 could be raised for the English market. Every new fashion led to new products, and the popularity of tobacco resulted in a proliferation of storage containers. There were personal tobacco boxes that a gentleman could carry in his pocket, larger ones that were kept at home, and jars, like the ones that inspired this ornament, which the storekeeper kept filled with his patrons' favorite blends.