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A full set of eleven Wilkinson Toby Jugs of Allied Commanders of the First World War, circa 1915-19 image 1
A full set of eleven Wilkinson Toby Jugs of Allied Commanders of the First World War, circa 1915-19 image 2
A full set of eleven Wilkinson Toby Jugs of Allied Commanders of the First World War, circa 1915-19 image 3
Lot 231

A full set of eleven Wilkinson Toby Jugs of Allied Commanders of the First World War, circa 1915-19

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29 September 2020, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A full set of eleven Wilkinson Toby Jugs of Allied Commanders of the First World War, circa 1915-19

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', Admiral Beatty, holding a shell inscribed 'Dread Nought', Field Marshall Haig, seated upon a tank, titled 'PUSH AND GO' to the base, Admiral Jellicoe, holding a jug inscribed 'HELL FIRE JACK', Marshall Joffre, holding a shell inscribed '75mm Ce que joffre', Lord French, holding a jug inscribed 'French Pour Les Français', the Rt. Hon. David Lloyd George, holding a shell titled 'SHELL OUT!', Marshall Foch holding a champagne bottle inscribed 'AU DIABLE LE KAISER', General Botha, holding a jug inscribed 'LOYALTY', President Woodrow Wilson, with an aeroplane on his lap, the base inscribed 'WELCOME! UNCLE SAM', and King George V, holding a globe, the base inscribed 'PRO PATRIA', 24.5-31.5cm high, printed marks and facsimile signatures (11)

Footnotes

Francis Carruthers Gould (1844-1925) was a caricaturist and political cartoonist who founded the monthly 'Picture Politics' in 1894. He was never savage in his cartoons, as he claimed 'I etch with vinegar, not vitriol'. See Vic Schuler, Collecting British Toby Jugs (1994), pp.167-8 for other examples and a discussion of the group. A similar group was sold by Bonhams on 18 May 2016, lot 426.

Saleroom notices

Please note that the jug held by Admiral Jellicoe is inscribed 'Dread-nought Draught' as opposed to the more usual 'HELL FIRE JACK'.

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