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staffordshire toby jugs


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Toby Jugs, sometimes called philpot, are pottery jugs made form of a seated person, or just a head- known as character jugs. these are sometimes an identifiable historical figure. they are typically a heavy-set and , jovial man with a beer, pipe, or tobacco. Usually dressed in 18th-century attire including tricorne hats. The hat usually forms the spout for pouring. these were originally salt glazed, and were by Staffordshire potters in the 1760s. they may be a development of similar Delft jugs that were produced in the Netherlands. production late spread throughout england and then to other countries



This group has one jug that is French. Know which one it is?





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