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A full set of eleven Wilkinson toby jugs of the Allied Commanders of the First World War and a Wilkinson Winston Churchill jug, circa 1915-19 and 1941 image 1
A full set of eleven Wilkinson toby jugs of the Allied Commanders of the First World War and a Wilkinson Winston Churchill jug, circa 1915-19 and 1941 image 2
A full set of eleven Wilkinson toby jugs of the Allied Commanders of the First World War and a Wilkinson Winston Churchill jug, circa 1915-19 and 1941 image 3
Lot 426

A full set of eleven Wilkinson toby jugs of the Allied Commanders of the First World War and a Wilkinson Winston Churchill jug, circa 1915-19 and 1941

18 May 2016, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £10,625 inc. premium

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A full set of eleven Wilkinson toby jugs of the Allied Commanders of the First World War and a Wilkinson Winston Churchill jug, circa 1915-19 and 1941

The Commanders issued in Limited Editions between 1915 and 1919, designed by Sir F Carruthers Gould, comprising Lord Kitchener, holding a jug inscribed 'Bitter for the KAISER', 24.5cm high, Admiral Beatty, holding a shell inscribed 'Dread Nought', 26.5cm high, Field Marshall Haig, seated upon a tank, titled 'PUSH AND GO' to the base, 26cm high, Admiral Jellicoe, holding a jug inscribed 'HELL FIRE JACK', 26cm high, Marshall Joffre, holding a shell inscribed '75mm Ce que joffre', 26.5cm high, Lord French, holding a jug inscribed 'French Pour Les Francais', 25cm high, the Rt. Hon. David Lloyd George, holding a shell titled 'SHELL OUT!', 25.5cm high, Marshall Foch holding a champagne bottle inscribed 'AU DIABLE LE KAISER' and a glass, 30.7cm high, General Botha, holding a jug inscribed 'LOYALTY', 27.8cm high, President Woodrow Wilson, with an aeroplane on his lap, the base inscribed 'WELCOME! UNCLE SAM', 27.5cm high and King George V, holding a globe, the base inscribed 'PRO PATRIA', 31.5cm high, printed marks and facsimile signatures, retailer's marks for Soane and Smith (a few with minor flakes to enamel, some slight crazing, Marshall Joffre with section of hat restuck), the Winston Churchill jug with the great man seated on a bulldog and holding a battleship, the base inscribed 'MAY GOD DEFEND THE RIGHT', 30cm high, printed mark and Clarice Cliff signature (end of battleship restuck) (11)

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