Royal Doulton – Duke Of Wellington Toby Jug – D6484 The Great Generals Special Edition – 7 Inches Tall – MINT Rare, mint condition Toby Jug of the Duke of Wellington – D6484, first of ten in The Great Generals series. Modeled by William Harper and. Hand-painted, the design was. Copyrighted and discontinued in the year 1989. The series was a Special Edition of 5,000 jugs; the jug includes Royal Doulton’s certificate of authenticity. Please also see our photographs. Jug measures 7″ tall x 6″ wide including handle, 4 3/4 in diameter at the base. Lot weighs 1 lb. Notes adapted from Wikipedia: Also sometimes known as a Fillpot (or Philpot), a Toby Jug is a pottery jug in the form of a seated person, or the head of a recognizable person (often an English king). Typically the seated figure is a heavy-set, jovial man holding a mug of beer in one hand and a pipe of tobacco in the other and wearing 18th-century attire a long coat and a tricorn hat. The tricorn hat forms a pouring spout, often with a removable lid, and a handle is attached at the rear. Jugs depicting just the head and shoulders of a figure are also referred to as Toby Jugs, although these should strictly be called “Character Jugs”, or face jugs, the wider historical term. The original Toby Jug, with a brown salt glaze, was developed and popularized by Staffordshire potters in the 1760s. It is thought to be a development of similar Delft jugs that were produced in the Netherlands. Similar designs were produced by other potteries, first in Staffordshire, then around England, and eventually in other countries. The Jug in the Form of a Head, Self-portrait (1899) by Paul Gauguin is an unusual example from a painter. There are competing theories for the origin of the Toby Jug name. One is that it was named after the intoxicated, jovial character of Sir Toby Belch in Shakespeare’s play Twelfth Night. Another is that it was named after a notorious 18th-century Yorkshire drinker, Henry Elwes, who was known as “Toby Fillpot” or Philpot, who was mentioned in an old English drinking song, The Brown Jug, the popular verses of which were first published in 1761. The American Toby Jug Museum is located on Chicago Avenue in Evanston, Illinois. Notes on the Duke of Wellington adapted from Wikipedia: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS (1 May 1769 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and Tory statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain, serving twice as Prime Minister. He won a notable victory against Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Wellesley was born in Dublin into the Protestant Ascendancy. He was commissioned as an ensign in the British Army in 1787, serving in Ireland as aide-de-camp to two successive Lords Lieutenant of Ireland. He was also elected as a Member of Parliament in the Irish House of Commons. He was a colonel by 1796 and saw action in the Netherlands and in India, where he fought in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War at the Battle of Seringapatam. He was appointed governor of Seringapatam and Mysore in 1799 and, as a newly appointed major-general, won a decisive victory over the Maratha Confederacy at the Battle of Assaye in 1803. Wellesley rose to prominence as a general during the Peninsular campaign of the Napoleonic Wars, and was promoted to the rank of field marshal after leading the allied forces to victory against the French Empire at the Battle of Vitoria in 1813. With Napoleon’s exile in 1814, Wellesley served as the ambassador to France and was granted a dukedom. During the Hundred Days in 1815, he commanded the allied army which, with a Prussian Army under Blücher, defeated Napoleon at Waterloo. Wellington’s battle record is exemplary; he ultimately participated in some 60 battles during the course of his military career. The item “Royal Doulton Duke Of Wellington Toby Jug D6484 Great Generals Spec Edit 7 MINT” is in sale since Monday, October 7, 2019. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Decorative Collectibles\Sculptures & Figurines”. The seller is “egostarlynx” and is located in College Park, Maryland. This item can be shipped worldwide.
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- Collection: Toby Jugs
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
- Brand: Royal Doulton
- Type: Toby Mug