Fergus Gambon
Director
Lot 70*
A rare enamelled electioneering 'Reform' Toby Jug, circa 1831
15 December 2020, 14:30 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,785 inc. premium
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Anna Burnside
Head of Sale
A rare enamelled electioneering 'Reform' Toby Jug, circa 1831
Of traditional form, seated and wearing a black tricorn hat reserved with two ribbons inscribed 'I.C REFORM', red coat with ribbons to the upper arms inscribed 'TAVISTOC' and 'PAYNE', pink waistcoat and yellow breeches, supporting a foaming patterned jug on his left knee with both hands, the rectangular green base with canted corners, 24cm high
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Provenance
James and Timmey Challenger Collection, Chicago
The 1831 general election saw a landslide win by supporters of electoral reform. Sir Peter Payne stood with Lord Tavistock as MP for Bedfordshire in an attempt to turn out William Stuart, who had been returned in 1830 but had caused great offence by opposing parliamentary reform. It was the last unreformed election as the victory ensured the passage of the Reform Act 1832, which increased the number of men entitled to vote and granted seats in the House of Commons to large cities which had resulted from the Industrial Revolution. For a similar jug dressed as a soldier see Vic Schuler, Collecting British Toby Jugs (3rd Edn, 1999), p.76.
