Recent content by mwbw22

Hi All Just an update. I went to another antique and collectors fair yesterday and found a guy selling nothing but smoking related items, pipes, cigar cutters etc. I showed him the item and he immediately said it was a tobacco jar so it seems that is the case. He actually wants to buy it but...

Now it's starting to make sense...I showed it to someone today at a collectors fare and they said it was Eames era

I've just had another look at it and it measures 4" inside diameter so that would make it to small for an ashes urn I guess. Hopefully Smokey Tweed can get to the bottom of this. As slow puffs said, it is a really nice item though, I think it has been turned from the same piece of wood as...

OOh Err.....I hope not. I cleaned it up last night....that bit of dust inside could have been..........

Hi there Many thanks for your response. Yes the lid is very tight, needs a good tug to get it off. The inner is spherical as you suggested. Al it smells of is beeswax where it has been regulary polished so it may well either never have been used for tobacco or not for some years as it...

Hi All I am after a bit of help if possible, I have aquired this lovely turned wood vessel. All made from one solid pice of wood ( i've been told it may be olive wood). It measures approx 8" high. The person who suggested it was olive wood also thinks it may be a tobacco jar. But there's no...