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Lot 22

An rare Wood-type 'Village Idiot' Toby jug
circa 1780-90

14 April 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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An 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)

Footnotes

For another example and a discussion of the model, see Vic Schuler, Collecting British Toby Jugs (1994), p 86

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