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Lot 123

A very rare creamware Toby jug, circa 1780

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17 May 2017, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A very rare creamware Toby jug, circa 1780

Of 'No Base' type, wearing a shallow hat, his coat and waistcoat with incised buttons and buttonholes, his right hand resting on his knee and holding a pipe, a tall glass in his left hand held close to his body, his face, coat and shoes picked out in light brown, 18cm high (crazed, chipped, fine crack, losses to hat)

Footnotes

Only a small number of 'No Base' Tobies have been recorded. One is illustrated by Captain R K Price, Astbury, Whieldon, Ralph Wood Figures and Toby Jugs (1922), fig.104 and another by Vic Schuler, Collecting British Toby Jugs (1994), p.65. All three jugs have the same shallow hat, left hand held close to the body and incised decoration but the position of the right hand varies in each case.

Saleroom notices

Please note that this lot is illustrated in the catalogue on page 64. The illustration on page 63 is not part of this lot

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