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Two Leonard Jarvis 'Churchill' Toby jugs, circa 1947 image 1
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Lot 105*

Two Leonard Jarvis 'Churchill' Toby jugs, circa 1947

23 June 2021, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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Two Leonard Jarvis 'Churchill' Toby jugs, circa 1947

Modelled in the manner of the Midshipman Family as Sir Winston Churchill, seated and making his famous V sign with his right hand, holding an artist's palette and brushes in his left hand, a book, quill, ink pot and trowel at his feet, signed 'L. JARVIS' and numbered 71 (brown hat) and 131 (blue hat), the bases incised 'The Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill O.M., C.H., F.R.S., M.P.', 18.2cm high (2)

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Provenance
James and Timmey Challenger Collection, Chicago

Lord Mackintosh of Halifax commissioned his friend, the potter Leonard Jarvis, to create these Churchill jugs in a small, individually numbered edition. Lord Mackintosh was a leading collector of classic Toby Jugs and Jarvis also created a Toby jug of Mackintosh himself.

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