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A Staffordshire 'Drunken Parson' Toby Jug Circa 1815.
8 April 2009, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £840 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA Staffordshire 'Drunken Parson' Toby Jug
Circa 1815.
Wearing a black tricorn hat, wig and black jacket and breeches and stripped waistcoat and stockings, seated in a chair, precariously pouring the contents of a jug into a glass, some spilling onto his breeches, upon a base marbled in colours, 20.7cm high (glass in left hand restored, minor flaking to black enamel)
Wearing a black tricorn hat, wig and black jacket and breeches and stripped waistcoat and stockings, seated in a chair, precariously pouring the contents of a jug into a glass, some spilling onto his breeches, upon a base marbled in colours, 20.7cm high (glass in left hand restored, minor flaking to black enamel)
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Provenance: The Behar Collection, sold at Christie's 19 May 1980, lot 128
