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Lot 94*

A Prattware 'Standing Man' Toby jug and cover, circa 1820

23 June 2021, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £1,020 inc. premium

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A Prattware 'Standing Man' Toby jug and cover, circa 1820

Of attractive small size, modelled as a standing man holding a foaming jug and a pipe against his portly stomach, wearing a blue coat over a spotted waistcoat and yellow breeches, the tail of a scaly dolphin forming the handle, water spewing from the animal's open mouth at the base, picked out in ochre and green, 18.5cm high (2)

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Provenance
James and Timmey Challenger Collection, Chicago

A similar example of this rare jug is illustrated by Captain R K Price, Astbury, Whieldon and Ralph Wood Figures and Toby Jugs (1922), pl.LIX, no.141.

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