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You are about to enter the time machine of tobacco history. I haven’t addressed this topic since “Four Hundred Year Transition: From Tobacco Box and Jar to a Pocket Roll Pouch” was published in ''The Antique Trader Weekly'' in 1977. After 50 years, it’s time to revisit this subject again with a fresh eye and new information. This tutorial is for the pipe-smoking and -collecting community of pipedia that may not be wholly familiar with their history.  
You are about to enter the time machine of tobacco history. I haven’t addressed this topic since “Four Hundred Year Transition: From Tobacco Box and Jar to a Pocket Roll Pouch” was published in ''The Antique Trader Weekly'' in 1977. After 50 years, it’s time to revisit this subject with a fresh eye and new information. This tutorial is for the pipe-smoking and -collecting community of pipedia that may not be wholly familiar with their history.  


Tobacco boxes, jars, and tins are the most diverse, wide-ranging category of tobacciana. They are smoker’s accessories that pretty much have lost their utility today. They’re impractical for many reasons, the most obvious of which is their material, weight, bulk, and inability to keep tobacco fresh. Years ago, the tobacco box and jar were as ubiquitous as the ashtray. It’s unlikely that either will see a revival; I don’t think that anyone is going to miss them.  
Tobacco boxes, jars, and tins are the most diverse, wide-ranging category of tobacciana. They are smoker’s accessories that pretty much have lost their utility today. They’re impractical for many reasons, the most obvious of which is their material, weight, bulk, and inability to keep tobacco fresh. Years ago, the tobacco box and jar were as ubiquitous as the ashtray. It’s unlikely that either will see a revival; I don’t think that anyone is going to miss them.  


As you read, consider that the recent concept of cellaring tobacco—no none had thought of it then—was an impossibility, given the types of containers that were available to the smoker; tobacco storage at home was not in a carefully engineered and consistent environment. Not many pipe smokers used Mason jars (also called canning jars and Ball jars), for example, to store their tobacco optimally, even though those jars, with a screw-cap, were in circulation as early as 1858. There are tobacco containers in this narrative that were called humidors—defined as airtight containers—but they were in name only, because they were not enclosures that were vacuum-sealed to keep the contents fresh, moist, or properly humidified. Understanding their history, two things are patently clear today: then, they were an unsuitable storage apparatus, and now they are now popular collectibles.  
As you read, consider that the recent concept of cellaring tobacco—no one had thought of it then—was an impossibility, given the types of containers that were available to the smoker; tobacco storage at home was not in a carefully engineered and consistent environment. Not many pipe smokers used Mason jars (also called canning jars and Ball jars), for example, to store their tobacco optimally, even though those jars, with a screw-cap, were in circulation as early as 1858. There are tobacco containers in this narrative that were called humidors—defined as airtight containers—but they were in name only, because they were not enclosures that were vacuum-sealed to keep the contents fresh, moist, or properly humidified. Understanding their history, two things are patently clear today: then, they were an unsuitable storage apparatus, and now they are popular collectibles.  


I quote the opinion of four respected authors:  
I quote the opinion of four respected authors:  
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Tobacco when carried about the person for use, if not placed in a metal box, is held in a pouch or bag; both being generally formed of leather. German ladies think it no unfit employ to devote much time and attention in embroidering tobacco-bags for favored swains. …Gentlemen hang the tobacco-bag on the arm, as ladies used the reticule some time ago. The pouch is for the pocket, and is made of soft leather, frequently with the hair outside; a favourite substance for this purpose is moleskin, the thick soft down making it a mere pad in the pocket (F. W. Fairholt, ''Tobacco. Its History and Association''s, 1859).
Tobacco when carried about the person for use, if not placed in a metal box, is held in a pouch or bag; both being generally formed of leather. German ladies think it no unfit employ to devote much time and attention in embroidering tobacco-bags for favored swains. …Gentlemen hang the tobacco-bag on the arm, as ladies used the reticule some time ago. The pouch is for the pocket, and is made of soft leather, frequently with the hair outside; a favourite substance for this purpose is moleskin, the thick soft down making it a mere pad in the pocket (F. W. Fairholt, ''Tobacco. Its History and Association''s, 1859).
Indispensable to the pipe was the tobacco-box, now completely displaced by the rubber pouch. The boxes were made of metal, silver, iron, copper, brass and tin, and of ivory, mother-of-pearl, tortoiseshell, bone and wood, curiously and artistically carved (W. A. Penn, ''The Soverane Herbe. A History of Tobacco'' (1901).


There is also a simple and ingenious tobacco-box used frequently in ale-houses, ‘which keeps its own account,’ with each smoker and acts also as a money box. It is kept on parlor tables for the use of all comers; but none can obtain a pipe-full, till the money is deposited through a hole in the lid. A penny dropped in, causes a bolt to unfasten, and allow smoker to help himself from a drawer full of tobacco. His honor is trusted so far as not to take more than his pipe-full, and he is reminded of it by a verse engraved on the lid:—‘The custom is, before you fill, ‘To put a penny in the till’ (E. R. Billings, ''Tobacco: Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce''… (1875). It was known as an honour box.</blockquote>
There is also a simple and ingenious tobacco-box used frequently in ale-houses, ‘which keeps its own account,’ with each smoker and acts also as a money box. It is kept on parlor tables for the use of all comers; but none can obtain a pipe-full, till the money is deposited through a hole in the lid. A penny dropped in, causes a bolt to unfasten, and allow smoker to help himself from a drawer full of tobacco. His honor is trusted so far as not to take more than his pipe-full, and he is reminded of it by a verse engraved on the lid:—‘The custom is, before you fill, ‘To put a penny in the till’ (E. R. Billings, ''Tobacco: Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce''… (1875). It was known as an honour box.</blockquote>
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[[File:TobaccoBox-1.JPG|thumb|center|500px|Courtesy, rauantiques.com]]
[[File:TobaccoBox-1.JPG|thumb|center|500px|Courtesy, rauantiques.com]]


Indispensable to the pipe was the tobacco-box, now completely displaced by the rubber pouch. The boxes were made of metal, silver, iron, copper, brass and tin, and of ivory, mother-of-pearl, tortoiseshell, bone and wood, curiously and artistically carved (W. A. Penn, ''The Soverane Herbe. A History of Tobacco'' (1901).


According to Matthew Hilton (“Smoking and Sociability,” ''Smoke. A Global History of Smoking''): Sherlock Holmes “…kept his tobacco in the toe-end of a Persian slipper…”
According to Matthew Hilton (“Smoking and Sociability,” ''Smoke. A Global History of Smoking''): Sherlock Holmes “…kept his tobacco in the toe-end of a Persian slipper…”
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[[File:TobaccoBox-3.JPG|thumb|left|This is an example of a typical 18th-century English lead tobacco jar. Courtesy, etsy.com]]These two descriptions give you an idea of its components and what it looked like.
[[File:TobaccoBox-3.JPG|thumb|left|This is an example of a typical 18th-century English lead tobacco jar. Courtesy, etsy.com]]These two descriptions give you an idea of its components and what it looked like.


<blockquote>The box itself and its surrounding cases have, however, been so loaded with engraved and pierced silver bands and plaques, many of considerable historic and artistic interest, that it is now probably the most valuable tobacco box in existence” (Charles R. Beard, “Base-metal Tobacco Jars in Mr. Reginald Myer’s Collection,” ''The Connoisseur'', Vol. LXXVIII, May-August, 1927).   
<blockquote>"The box itself and its surrounding cases have, however, been so loaded with engraved and pierced silver bands and plaques, many of considerable historic and artistic interest, that it is now probably the most valuable tobacco box in existence” (Charles R. Beard, “Base-metal Tobacco Jars in Mr. Reginald Myer’s Collection,” ''The Connoisseur'', Vol. LXXVIII, May-August, 1927).   


The original box, which is of horn, and which is said to have cost the donor fourpence, was left in 1713 by Mr. Henry Monck, to a kind of social club, consisting of persons who had either served as overseers of the above named parishes [Past Overseers’ Society of the united parishes of St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster] or who had paid the fine to be excused. In 1720 the society, out of respect to Mr. Monck, ornamented the lid with a silver rim; and in 1726 the box received a side-casing and bottom of silver. In 1740 the lid, within the rim, was further ornamented with an embossed border; subsequently the bottom was covered with an ‘ornamented emblem of charity’; and in 1746 a silver plate containing a portrait of the Duke of Cumberland, engraved by Hogarth, and an inscription, commemorative of the battle of Culloden, was placed on the inside of the lid. The last addition to the old box consists of a scroll on the outside of the lid, with the date 1765, enclosing a plate bearing the arms of the City of Westminster, and inscribed, ‘This Box to be delivered to every Sett of Overseers, on penalty of five guineas’ (Joseph Fume [pseud.], ''A Paper:—Of Tobacco'', 1839). </blockquote>
"The original box, which is of horn, and which is said to have cost the donor fourpence, was left in 1713 by Mr. Henry Monck, to a kind of social club, consisting of persons who had either served as overseers of the above named parishes [Past Overseers’ Society of the united parishes of St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster] or who had paid the fine to be excused. In 1720 the society, out of respect to Mr. Monck, ornamented the lid with a silver rim; and in 1726 the box received a side-casing and bottom of silver. In 1740 the lid, within the rim, was further ornamented with an embossed border; subsequently the bottom was covered with an ‘ornamented emblem of charity’; and in 1746 a silver plate containing a portrait of the Duke of Cumberland, engraved by Hogarth, and an inscription, commemorative of the battle of Culloden, was placed on the inside of the lid. The last addition to the old box consists of a scroll on the outside of the lid, with the date 1765, enclosing a plate bearing the arms of the City of Westminster, and inscribed, ‘This Box to be delivered to every Sett of Overseers, on penalty of five guineas" (Joseph Fume [pseud.], ''A Paper:—Of Tobacco'', 1839). </blockquote>


Here’s a tin-lined, brass tobacco box with three compartments, one for tobacco, one for matches and a striker, and one for a clay pipe. It was a souvenir made for the Great Exposition of 1851 in London.
Here’s a tin-lined, brass tobacco box with three compartments, one for tobacco, one for matches and a striker, and one for a clay pipe. It was a souvenir made for the Great Exposition of 1851 in London.
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A brief on tobacco jars from “Connoisseurship” (encyclopedia.com):
A brief on tobacco jars from “Connoisseurship” (encyclopedia.com):


“Next came jars of faience, that exquisite earthenware covered with a tin-enameled (stanniferous) glaze from French manufactories such as Mennecy and Sèvres. These were followed by, in approximate chronological order:
“Next came jars of faïence, that exquisite earthenware covered with a tin-enameled (stanniferous) glaze from French manufactories such as Mennecy and Sèvres. These were followed by, in approximate chronological order:


*various simple to highly decorative wood jars from Germany that were made in the early to mid-nineteenth century;
*various simple to highly decorative wood jars from Germany that were made in the early to mid-nineteenth century;
*molded figural jars in soft and hard paste from Bohemia made in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that depicted animals, children, and humans; and
*molded figural jars in soft and hard paste from Bohemia made in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that depicted animals, children, and humans; and
*hollow cast bronze figural motifs produced, most probably, in France, and representing the last, the rarest, and the fewest produced in the past century.”
*hollow cast bronze figural motifs produced, most probably, in France, and representing the last, the rarest, and the fewest produced in the past century.”
*Many of the well-known ceramics factories made tobacco jars. They were a popular item for Royal Doulton, and Wedgwood made very attractive examples in black basalt and blue jasper.”
 
Many of the well-known ceramics factories made tobacco jars. They were a popular item for Royal Doulton, and Wedgwood made very attractive examples in black basalt and blue jasper.”


[[File:TobaccoBox-7.JPG|thumb|This is an example of an ornate ceramic tobacco jar from Belgium. Courtesy, silpastore.com]][[File:TobaccoBox-8.JPG|thumb|left|Antique Majolica tobacco box, courtesy, etsy.com]]Essentially, jars could be plain, ornate, or figural. As an art form, size and weight were unimportant.  
[[File:TobaccoBox-7.JPG|thumb|This is an example of an ornate ceramic tobacco jar from Belgium. Courtesy, silpastore.com]][[File:TobaccoBox-8.JPG|thumb|left|Antique Majolica tobacco box, courtesy, etsy.com]]Essentially, jars could be plain, ornate, or figural. As an art form, size and weight were unimportant.  


The most colorful, whimsical, and amusing tobacco jars were the figurals from several small factories in Bohemia, that westernmost region of what is now called the Czech Republic. Most were produced around turnoff the 20th century. Animals, human heads, historic figures and barrels were popular. The better ones had a recess in the cover that contained what was called a humidifier that, once soaked with water, released the optimal level of humidity for several days. Cookie jars assumed similar shapes in the time period; the clue is to look under the lid. By the 1930s, most potteries were making more formal and less colorful jars. The tobacco jars of the 1950s and 1960s were less ornate than earlier versions.  
The most colorful, whimsical, and amusing tobacco jars were the figurals from several small factories in Bohemia, that westernmost region of what is now called the Czech Republic. Most were produced around the turn of the 20th century. Animals, human heads, historic figures and barrels were popular. The better ones had a recess in the cover that contained what was called a humidifier that, once soaked with water, released the optimal level of humidity for several days. Cookie jars assumed similar shapes in the time period; the clue is to look under the lid. By the 1930s, most potteries were making more formal and less colorful jars. The tobacco jars of the 1950s and 1960s were less ornate than earlier versions.  


[[File:TobaccoBox-9.JPG|thumb|center|500px|Courtesy, collections.vam.ac.uk]]
[[File:TobaccoBox-9.JPG|thumb|center|500px|Courtesy, collections.vam.ac.uk]]


Let me introduce this figural tobacco jar from the Martin Brothers Pottery, London, a company
Here’s a figural tobacco jar from the Martin Brothers Pottery, London, a company
that manufactured bird sculptures and bowls, vessels decorated with sea creatures, and tiles.
that manufactured bird sculptures and bowls, vessels decorated with sea creatures, and tiles.
The four brothers maintained the studio from 1873 to 1914. The Pottery manufactured a series
The four brothers maintained the studio from 1873 to 1914. The Pottery manufactured a series
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[[File:TobaccoBox-22.JPG|thumb|Courtesy, etsy.com]]Upright pocket tobacco tins were designed to fit in the pocket of a suit-jacket, some of which were kidney-shaped. The ubiquitous pocket tobacco tin is the only metal container with a degree of standard styles and shapes. Would it surprise you to know that as early as the 1930s, Edgeworth ads read like this: “Smokers who are not acquainted with Edgeworth will find it in the famous blue tin at any tobacco shop anywhere. All sizes from the 15¢ pocket tin to the pound humidor package. Some sizes come in vacuum sealed (my emphasis) tins.” I’ve not been able to find a precise or an approximate date when production of this portable container ceased to the standard, but I would estimate that it was probably in the late 1940s–early 1950s when they were replaced by cardboard and paper packages.
[[File:TobaccoBox-22.JPG|thumb|Courtesy, etsy.com]]Upright pocket tobacco tins were designed to fit in the pocket of a suit-jacket, some of which were kidney-shaped. The ubiquitous pocket tobacco tin is the only metal container with a degree of standard styles and shapes. Would it surprise you to know that as early as the 1930s, Edgeworth ads read like this: “Smokers who are not acquainted with Edgeworth will find it in the famous blue tin at any tobacco shop anywhere. All sizes from the 15¢ pocket tin to the pound humidor package. Some sizes come in vacuum ''sealed'' (my emphasis) tins.” I’ve not been able to find a precise or an approximate date when production of this portable container ceased to be the standard, but I would estimate that it was probably in the late 1940s–early 1950s when they were replaced by cardboard and paper packages.


Want to see an assortment of pocket tins? Go to Gerardo’s Tobacciana Main Page (mygeradinc.com). In passing, some of these old tobacco tins have been repurposed by artist and filmmaker Lee C. Wallick. Read “The Artist Creating Miniature Worlds in Tobacco Tins” (anothermag.com).
Want to see an assortment of pocket tins? Go to Gerardo’s Tobacciana Main Page (mygeradinc.com). In passing, some of these old tobacco tins have been repurposed by artist and filmmaker Lee C. Wallick. Read “The Artist Creating Miniature Worlds in Tobacco Tins” (anothermag.com).
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Now what is familiar to every pipe smoker is the leather, canvas, and cloth roll-up or pipe roll, the tobacco pouch, and the more recent travel pipe bag that has an internal compartment for tobacco; each serves today’s pipe smoker adequately well. They are flexible, lightweight, and portable. They’re here to stay until something better comes along!  
Now what is familiar to every pipe smoker is the leather, canvas, and cloth roll-up or pipe roll, the tobacco pouch, and the more recent travel pipe bag that has an internal compartment for tobacco; each serves today’s pipe smoker adequately well. They are flexible, lightweight, and portable. They’re here to stay until something better comes along!  


Three questions come to mind. Are these boxes, jars and tins expensive? The answer is intentionally somewhat vague: it depends on what you choose to collect. Are they easy to find? The Web is replete with sellers. Are they a worthy collectible? The Society of Tobacco Jar Collectors (tobaccojarsociety.com), founded in 1992 by Joe Horowitz, that has a global membership, believes so and, considering the number of box and jar collectors around the world, I’d say “yes.” I’ll leave you with this thought: choosing a favorite tobacciana collectible may be the most challenging aspect of collecting anything related to smoking appurtenances and accouterments of the past. From the art to the accessories, selecting which items to collect is a difficult decision.  
Three questions come to mind. Are these boxes, jars and tins expensive? The answer is intentionally somewhat vague: it depends on what you choose to collect. Are they easy to find? The Web is replete with sellers. Are they a worthy collectible? The Society of Tobacco Jar Collectors (tobaccojarsociety.com), founded in 1992 by Joe Horowitz, that has a global membership, believes so, considering the number of box and jar collectors around the world, I’d say “yes.” I’ll leave you with this thought: choosing a favorite tobacciana collectible may be the most challenging aspect of collecting anything related to smoking appurtenances and accouterments of the past. From the art to the accessories, selecting which items to collect is a difficult decision.  


I close with additional information for the curious-minded. If your interest is piqued to see more boxes and jars, here are some places to look: 1stdibs.com; pipemuseum.nl; metmuseum.org; collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk; “Tobacco Jars” (ramshornstudio,com); “Vintage tobacco jars” (carters.com.au); “Antique Tobacco Jars” (sellingantiques.co.uk); “Antique Tobacco Boxes” (antiques-atlas.com); “Antique tobacco tins are smoking-hot collectibles” (liveautioneers.com); “Tobacco Tins & Jars” (pinterest.com); and “Tobacco Tins,” (antiqueadvertising.com). A group of “18th century Dutch tobacco boxes” is at the Rundale Palace Museum in Latvia (rundale.net). Thumb through William Bragge, Bibliotheca Nicotiana (1880) online and you’ll find descriptions of about 50 tobacco boxes, 30 tobacco jars, and 70 tobacco pouches. You can also watch a six-minute video of Dennis Rogers’ cigar and tobacco jar collection on YouTube.  
I close with additional information for the curious-minded. If your interest is piqued to see more boxes and jars, here are some places to look: 1stdibs.com; pipemuseum.nl; metmuseum.org; collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk; “Tobacco Jars” (ramshornstudio,com); “Vintage tobacco jars” (carters.com.au); “Antique Tobacco Jars” (sellingantiques.co.uk); “Antique Tobacco Boxes” (antiques-atlas.com); “Antique tobacco tins are smoking-hot collectibles” (liveautioneers.com); “Tobacco Tins & Jars” (pinterest.com); and “Tobacco Tins,” (antiqueadvertising.com). A group of “18th century Dutch tobacco boxes” is at the Rundale Palace Museum in Latvia (rundale.net). Thumb through William Bragge, Bibliotheca Nicotiana (1880) online and you’ll find descriptions of about 50 tobacco boxes, 30 tobacco jars, and 70 tobacco pouches. You can also watch a six-minute video of Dennis Rogers’ cigar and tobacco jar collection on YouTube.  


And a few articles to read online: “The Dutch tobacco box” ([https://pipemuseum.nl/en/article/de-hollandse-tabaksdoos pipemuseum.nl]); “Antique Tobacco Jars” ([https://www.collectorsweekly.com/tobacciana/tobacco-jars collectorsweekly.com]); “French Tobacco Jars” ([https://crownandcolony.com/blog/french-tobacco-jars/ crownandcolony.com]); “Tobacco Jar” ([https://www.kovels.com/antique-collectibles-prices/tobacco-jar kovels.com]); “The Dutch Raid For Overseas Exotic Treasures, Such As Tobacco” ([https://www.aronson.com/the-dutch-raid-for-overseas-exotic-treasure-such-as-tobacco/ aronson.com]); “Terra cotta jars in 1800s and 1900s held loose pipe tobacco” ([https://www.heraldnet.com/life/terra-cotta-jars-in-1800s-and-1900s-held-loose-pipe-tobacco/ heraldnet.com]); “Tobacco Jars” ([https://torquaypottery.info/about/collecting-themes/tobacco-jars torquaypottery.info]); Madeline Siefke Estill, “Colonial New England Silver Snuff, Tobacco, and Patch Boxes,” ([https://www.colonialsociety.org/node/1357 colonialsociety.org]); Charles R. Beard, “Tobacco Jars. Base-metal Tobacco Jars in Mr. Reginald Myer’s Collection” (The Connoisseur, 1927); Angela McShane, “The New World of Tobacco” (History Today, Vol. 67, Issue 4, April 2017); “Tobacciana Collectibles” ([https://antiqueadvertisingexpert.com/tobaccianacollectibles/ antiqueadvertisingexpert.com]; and Kim Wesseler (Johnson), “Do You Have Prince Albert in a Can?: A Chronology of Pocket Tobacco Tins (Dating Guide)” ([https://www.academia.edu/20330582/Do_You_Have_Prince_Albert_in_a_Can_A_Chronology_of_Pocket_Tobacco_Tins_Dating_Guide_ academia.edu]).  
And a few articles to read online: “The Dutch tobacco box” ([https://pipemuseum.nl/en/article/de-hollandse-tabaksdoos pipemuseum.nl]); “Antique Tobacco Jars” ([https://www.collectorsweekly.com/tobacciana/tobacco-jars collectorsweekly.com]); “French Tobacco Jars” ([https://crownandcolony.com/blog/french-tobacco-jars/ crownandcolony.com]); “Tobacco Jar” ([https://www.kovels.com/antique-collectibles-prices/tobacco-jar kovels.com]); “The Dutch Raid For Overseas Exotic Treasures, Such As Tobacco” ([https://www.aronson.com/the-dutch-raid-for-overseas-exotic-treasure-such-as-tobacco/ aronson.com]); “Terra cotta jars in 1800s and 1900s held loose pipe tobacco” ([https://www.heraldnet.com/life/terra-cotta-jars-in-1800s-and-1900s-held-loose-pipe-tobacco/ heraldnet.com]); “Tobacco Jars” ([https://torquaypottery.info/about/collecting-themes/tobacco-jars torquaypottery.info]); Madeline Siefke Estill, “Colonial New England Silver Snuff, Tobacco, and Patch Boxes,” ([https://www.colonialsociety.org/node/1357 colonialsociety.org]); Charles R. Beard, “Tobacco Jars. Base-metal Tobacco Jars in Mr. Reginald Myer’s Collection” (The Connoisseur, 1927); Angela McShane, “The New World of Tobacco” (History Today, Vol. 67, Issue 4, April 2017); “Tobacciana Collectibles” ([https://antiqueadvertisingexpert.com/tobaccianacollectibles/ antiqueadvertisingexpert.com]; “Tobacco & Smoking—Tobacco Boxes.” 18th Century Material Culture. Tobacco Boxes” (scribd.com); and Kim Wesseler (Johnson), “Do You Have Prince Albert in a Can?: A Chronology of Pocket Tobacco Tins (Dating Guide)” ([https://www.academia.edu/20330582/Do_You_Have_Prince_Albert_in_a_Can_A_Chronology_of_Pocket_Tobacco_Tins_Dating_Guide_ academia.edu]).  


This rather substantial bibliography indicates that much has been published about all sorts of boxes, jars, and tins. As well, books on antique and contemporary advertising memorabilia usually contain one or more chapters on tobacco tins.
This rather substantial bibliography indicates that much has been published about all sorts of boxes, jars, and tins. As well, books on antique and contemporary advertising memorabilia usually contain one or more chapters on tobacco tins.
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