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Lot 92*

A rare 'Hearty Good Fellow' Toby Jug, circa 1800

23 June 2021, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A rare 'Hearty Good Fellow' Toby Jug, circa 1800

Standing contrapposto before a tree trunk, one branch forming the handle, holding a foaming jug in his right hand and a foaming glass in his raised left hand, dressed as a coachman in a tricorn hat, bright striped coat, ochre waistcoat and blue trousers, the brown-line base washed in green, 23cm high

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Provenance
James and Timmey Challenger Collection, Chicago

Trousers in place of breeches are a very rare feature on 'Hearty Good Fellow' Toby Jugs and characterise the earliest examples, see Vic Schuler, Collecting British Toby Jugs (Third Edition, 1999), p.33. The present jug shows remarkable similarities to 'Postillion' Toby Jugs, particularly in the treatment of the coat and modelling of the face. Compare to the 'Postillion' jug also from the James and Timmey Challenger Collection sold by Bonhams on 15 December 2020, lot 55.

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