Old Copeland Late Spode England Pottery Humidor / Tobacco Jar. The glossy green jar is decorated with raised white images featuring drinking and smoking scenes. The jar is decorated with black writing: Old Jove was once sipping his nectar ripe, When Hermes the wise came in with a pipe;’What’s in that? Said the god, With a somnolent nod–‘A new weed from earth, as ambrosia nice. Which all care will soothe, Make the roughest things smooth, And put you all right in a trice. The bottom part of the jar is decorated with a wide black band. The top rim has a decorative embossed band, as is the base trim. The jar tapers at the base. The cover is black with an applied raised white grapevine design. The green finial has a pointed shape. The bottom part of the cover is rounded with a large open hole. The base is marked, “Copeland LATE Spode, England” — and an impressed mark, “ENGLAND COPELAND”. SIZE: 7 inches high x 5 inches wide. CONDITION: The cover rim has a very tiny nick, and specks of color loss — the inner jar rim has a tiny flake (barely noticeable). The jar is in very good, clean condition. The item “Old Royal Copeland Late Spode England Pottery Humidor/Tobacco Jar” is in sale since Friday, May 24, 2019. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Tobacciana\Cigars\Humidors\Antique & Vintage”. The seller is “50fx” and is located in Red Hook, New York. This item can be shipped worldwide.
