Wonderful antique majolica tobacco humidor or jar! This one features a white haired man wearing a purple hat or skull cap, blue jacket, pink bowtie, and white shirt. We’ve seen similar jars but not one with the long sideburns that this gentleman has. His expression is fantastic, very life-like. This jar stands just over 5 tall and is in excellent condition. The interior of the cap has space for a dampened sponge which would have been used to keep the stored tobacco moist. The bottom is marked as shown with impressed numbers and we believe this is of German or Austrian origin. The top piece the hat as shown in pictures 9 & 10 does have a small chip. A small amount of color loss back top of shirt as shown in picture. A very RARE piece of pottery.