Faithful companions...or almost, a collection of 5 large polychrome ceramic tobacco jars, depicting 4 dog heads and one wild boar, 3 of which are smoking. One marked BB (Bernhardt Bloch), another with a fish stamp (Hugo Lonitz), h. 16.5 to 20 cm Chips on the edge of the boar's cap Chip on one of the bulldog's glass eyes Removed lid of the pipe-smoking dog's hat Preserving tobacco: an art in itself. This exceptional collection of several hundred tobacco jars (lots 1940 to 1984) comes from one of the world's largest private collections of pipes and tobacco objects, several parts of which have already been offered for sale by Maison Piguet in recent years. Much more than mere containers, these tobacco jars reflect the humour, taste and craftsmanship of their era. From bronze to terracotta, refinement, caricature and satire rub shoulders in forms as varied as they are unexpected...