Item 12120
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this wonderful Exquisitely Molded Tobacco Canister made for "Sichel's Mixture, A Perfect Pipe Tobacco." 
 
It was made by the Whites Pottery of Utica, NY between 1890 and 1907 when Whites made its fabulous molded stoneware.  You can see a similar Cigar canister in The Blue and the Gray: Oneida County Stoneware by Christopher Bensch, p. 34.
 
This beauty features a Squatty Form with Diamond Background, the Company Advertising within a Frame and "Waves" around the Base.  The lid features a Sea Serpent with Human Face as the Handle and the "Wavy" Pattern Around the Edge.  Sharp mold lines and cobalt accents.  Stands 7 1/2" to the top of the lid.  
 
Excellent Condition.  The base has only a faint 1 1/2" surface line inside only (closeup).  Otherwise, as made.  The lid is as made.  
 
Ships double-boxed, insured, and FREE
 
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