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Lot 63*

A very rare inscribed and bearded Toby Jug, circa 1800

15 December 2020, 14:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A very rare inscribed and bearded Toby Jug, circa 1800

Of traditional form, seated and supporting a foaming jug on his left knee with his right hand, a foaming glass raised in his left hand, a pipe leaning at his side, wearing a coat picked out in orange slip and green breeches, the base picked out in brown and inscribed 'Joseph Marttain Burslam', 25.5cm high

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Provenance
James and Timmey Challenger Collection, Chicago

This jug is listed by Vic Schuler, Collecting British Toby Jugs (3rd Edn, 1999), p.133.

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