Tobacco jar (pot à tabac), French, Vincennes factory, c. 1745-49, soft-paste porcelain with enamel colors, Dorothy Condon Falknor Collection of European Ceramics, 87.142.30				Taking snuff and smoking pipes became a fashion in Europe following the importation of tobacco from the Americas. This tobacco jar, derived from a Chinese porcelain shape, is decorated with French botanical paintings.