A rare female Snuff Taker Toby jug c.1830

A rare female Snuff Taker Toby jug c.1830, wearing a green dress with a polka dot scarf tied around her neck, holding a circular snuff box and raising a pinch to her right nostril, minor faults, 23.5cm.

Provenance: the Colin Russell Collection.

Female snuff-takers are more commonly seen in the Portobello type, such as the example sold at these salerooms on 25th February 2014, lot 438.