This auction has ended. View lot details
You may also be interested in
Lot 22
An rare Wood-type 'Village Idiot' Toby jug circa 1780-90
14 April 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,140 inc. premium
Looking for a similar item?
Our British Ceramics specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.
Find your local specialistAn rare Wood-type 'Village Idiot' Toby jug
circa 1780-90
Of traditional form, seated and holding a foaming jug, wearing a blue coat, green breeches and brown tricorn hat, his face painted in an unusual manner, giving him a rather bemused expression, 23.6cm high (patches of restoration)
Of traditional form, seated and holding a foaming jug, wearing a blue coat, green breeches and brown tricorn hat, his face painted in an unusual manner, giving him a rather bemused expression, 23.6cm high (patches of restoration)
Footnotes
For another example and a discussion of the model, see Vic Schuler, Collecting British Toby Jugs (1994), p 86
