Ordinary Toby Jug
This is a good example
of an early 19th Century Staffordshire Toby Jug.
He has an attractive fern leaf design painted on his handle, nice warty face & a good head of foam on his beer.
Would make a good start to any collection.
Has had some restoration.
Price Band:B Ref: CC310
The Squire
This
is another Aristocrat of the Toby Jug family, being about 11" tall and having very distinctive features - he is
much more slender than the traditional toby jug.
It has been said that this jug is modelled on Ralph Wood the elder, although as far as I'm aware, no evidence has been found to prove this.
This very attractive and impressive jug is a more unusual version in Tin Glazed enamels.
Price Band: Ref: CC 301
Ralph Wood Toby Jug
This is one
of the most sought-after Toby Jugs and one that every collector
strives for.
Potted by the famous Ralph Wood during the mid 1780's, the lovely transluscent pale glazes, crisp modelling and great attention to detail are everything that one would expect from a jug made by this renowned potter. Jugs in this style, with the glass raised slightly towards Tobys mouth, are sometimes referred to as the 51, as they can occasionally be found with this number impressed to the underside of the base.
Very rare to find one in such perfect condition as this.
Price Band: F Ref: CC302
Davenport Drunken Sal
This
is a very impressive jug in every way. She measures just over a
stately 11" tall, 8" wide and 6" broad, and is
of a very portly female figure who looks as if she can hold her
drink along with the best of them!
Made by Davenport around 1830, she wears the traditional clothes of the time, her voluminous dress flowing to the ground, and a shawl draped around her shoulders. A gin glass is clutched firmly to her chest by her left hand and a smouldering clay pipe is in her right.
A very rare jug, only 7 having been recorded.
Price Band: F Ref: CC314
The Sinner
At first glance
this jug is very similar to The Drunken Parson.
However, he has sharper features & is less well dressed, wearing
a coloured coat & waistcoat & no cravat. Rather
than wearing a wig, his hair is long & lank & he has a rather
drunken look upon his face.
This is a very rare jug dating from around 1800, he is about 8" tall, & to my knowledge has not been made in any other sizes.
Price Band: F Ref: CC 309
Majollica Falstaff
This
is a very crisply modelled Majollica toby jug.
Believed to have been produced by Edward Steel of Hanley, Stoke on Trent. Made in the form of Falstaff the Shakespearian character, this is one of the only toby jugs you will find that has a beard! This particular jug is not marked, but some do have a lozenge mark to the base for 1883.
Lovely condition.
Price Band: C Ref: CC313
Oldfield & Co Martha Gunn
This jug
is rarely found on the open market. I have only seen
2 of
these in over 25 years of collecting. She
is made
by Oldfield & Co, mid 1830's & is their version of Martha
Gunn.
She is smaller than the standard sized Toby, at approximately 9" tall, & is made of stoneware, finished all over in a brown glaze (sometimes referred to as Treacle). She has the Oldfield & Co stamp faintly impressed into the back of her seat.
I just love her fierce stare - you wouldn't want to cross her!
Price Band: C Ref: CC342
Small Seated Yorkshire
Seated upon a raised blue & pink stippled base,
this jug is
more unusual being only 7.5" high. He is well detailed & his separately modelled & applied arms
and legs signifying an early jug, dating from around 1800.
These jugs are often confused with their Portobello- made counterparts, which are not usually so well modelled, have a harsher colouring & hold a different shaped jug (often decorated with a floral motif) which were produced some time later.
Price Band: C Ref: CC305
Ralph Wood Bacchus Jug
This is a nice example of
a Ralph Wood Bacchus jug. Decorated
in lovely translucent running glazes and very well modelled, possibly
by J Voyez, it dates from around 1770.
It depicts Bacchus the god of wine with a figure of Pan to the reverse. A monkey forms the handle & a dolphin forms the spout.
Price Band: F Ref: SB38
Early Pratt Type
Dating from around 1780/90's, this Toby Jug is painted in
traditional prattware colours and measures 9.75" tall.
He wears the more rare orange colour coat and stands on an unusually tall base with lovely all over spongeware decoration, which is replicated on his handle.
Some slight restoration.
Price Band: D Ref: CC316