Item 1045
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this uncommon Toby Lidded Snuff Jar made and stamped on the bottom by "Lyman Fenton & Co., Bennington, VT, Fenton Enamel, Patented 1849."
 
This beauty is in the form of a Seated Colonial Man with a Glass in One Hand and a Pitcher of Ale in the Other.  Rockingham flint enamel glaze.  Stands 4" tall.  
 
Good Condition.  Three filled chips at the base.  Two are on the underside (1/2" each) and one is along the edge on the right side (1"- closeup 1).  No top chips, hairlines, cracks, or stains.  The lid has a filled 1/4" chip on the edge of the brim on top (closeup 2) and four small chips on the seating ring on the underside (1/8" to 3/8").  No hairlines, cracks, or stains. 
 
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