Jug (Toby jug or pitcher)
Museum Object Number2002.0030.086 |
Object Name
Jug (Toby jug or pitcher)
Category
Ceramics
Collection
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Norton Bernard Collection of English Pottery Figures
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Thomas N. and A. Pat Bernard
Place of Origin
Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Date
1790-1810
Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label
1. Mark; Underside; "79" is painted in black enamel
2. Label; Underside; Bernard collection label with number "T-1"
3. Label; Underside; Label with blue ink: "6/2/0/8-93"
Materials
Earthenware (pearlware); Lead glaze
Techniques
Press-molded, Molded, Painted, Enameled
Dimensions (inches)
11 (H) , 5 (W) , 5.2 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
27 (H) , 12.7 (W) , 13.1 (D)
Object Description
Text available soon.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
[Article] Griffiths, Antony. 2022 The origin of the Toby Jug. Transactions of the English Ceramic Circle. 32: 123-44.
• Extensive article discussing Toby Jug origins
[Book] Lewis, Griselda. 1969 A Collector's History of English Pottery.
• Similar example: p.127, fig. 240.
[Book] Blaettler, Roland. Céramique du Portugal du XVIe au XXe Siècle.
• Portuguese creamware Toby and Ann Gunn jugs: p. 152, nos. 76-77, creamware 1800-25, color glazed, Porto, Portugal.
[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• 1886 Winterthur print (1978.0033) with Toby jug on corner cupboard: p. 365, no. 253, "A Glass with the Squire," engr. by James David Smillie
[Book] Oswald, Adrian, et al. 1982 English Brown Stoneware 1670-1900.
• Salt-glazed brown stoneware toby jug: p. 149, no. 113 a, b, Oldfield, Derbyshire.
[Book] Halfpenny, Patricia A. 1991 English Earthenware Figures, 1740-1840.
• Modern example in William Kent of Burslem's 1955 catalogue, p. 74, as "HEARTY GOODFELLOW No. 373": p. 288.
[Book] Henrywood, R. K. 1997 An Illustrated Guide to British Jugs.
• "Hearty Good Fellow" jug possibly from same mold, with different painted details: p. 226, pl. 631, early 19th century. See p. 227, pl. 632 for a differently painted example.