Toby Mugs Photos

The English are known for Toby mugs which are ceramic vessels with the parody of character of a face (often of a known person) topped by a wide hat which serves as the opening for the drink being served.

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Earthenware Toby Fillpot jugs, one with drinker on barrel & one drinker holding its own small jug at Walker Art Gallery. Liverpool, England.Earthenware Toby jugs Staffordshire, poss. by Ralph Wood at National Museum of Wales. Cardiff, Wales.Rockingham items made by Lyman, Fenton & Co. of Bennington, VT including Toby jug & teapot + house in Vermont period parlor at DAR Memorial Continental Hall. Washington, DC.Collection of pitchers & Toby jugs in Ohio period parlor at DAR Memorial Continental Hall. Washington, DC.
Earthenware Toby Fillpot jugs, one with drinker on barrel (c1830-40) & one drinker holding its own small jug (c1800) at Walker Art Gallery. Liverpool, England.Earthenware Toby jugs (c1775-80) Staffordshire, poss. by Ralph Wood at National Museum of Wales. Cardiff, Wales.Rockingham items (late 19thC) made by Lyman, Fenton & Co. of Bennington, VT including Toby jug & teapot + house in Vermont period parlor at DAR Memorial Continental Hall. Washington, DC.Collection of pitchers (early 19thC) & Toby jugs in Ohio period parlor at DAR Memorial Continental Hall. Washington, DC.
Brown glazed Toby jug & bottles by United States Pottery Co. at Bennington Museum. Bennington, VT.Herbert Hoover Toby mug at Hoover Museum. West Branch, IA.Toby jug as Winston Churchill in Museum of Nebraska History. Lincoln, NE.Theodore Roosevelt Toby jug at his Birthplace. New York, NY.
Brown glazed Toby jug & bottles (19thC) by United States Pottery Co. at Bennington Museum. Bennington, VT.Herbert Hoover Toby mug at Hoover Museum. West Branch, IA.Toby jug as Winston Churchill in Museum of Nebraska History. Lincoln, NE.Theodore Roosevelt Toby jug at his Birthplace. New York, NY.
Bennington toby jug at Sag Harbor Whaling Museum. Sag Harbor, NY.Ceramic mug with face of Theodore Roosevelt at his Birthplace. New York, NY.Toby jug labeled the Hon. William McKinley at William McKinley Presidential Museum & Library. Canton, OH.George & Martha Washington Toby mugs at Museum of Ceramics. East Liverpool, OH.
Bennington toby jug at Sag Harbor Whaling Museum. Sag Harbor, NY.Ceramic mug with face of Theodore Roosevelt at his Birthplace. New York, NY.Toby jug labeled the Hon. William McKinley at William McKinley Presidential Museum & Library. Canton, OH.George & Martha Washington Toby mugs at Museum of Ceramics. East Liverpool, OH.
Brownware ceramic pitcher & basin plus Toby jug, mustache cup & covered dish at Bayou Bend. Houston, TX.Ceramic Toby jugs at Bayou Bend. Houston, TX.Toby jugs representing World War I Allied leaders by Sir F. Carruthers Gould for Pottery-Wilkinson Ltd. at Museum of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, Scotland.Toby jugs representing World War I Allied leaders by Sir F. Carruthers Gould for Pottery-Wilkinson Ltd. at Museum of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, Scotland.
Brownware ceramic pitcher & basin plus Toby jug, mustache cup & covered dish at Bayou Bend. Houston, TX.Ceramic Toby jugs at Bayou Bend. Houston, TX.Toby jugs representing World War I Allied leaders (Woodrow Wilson, Louis Botha, Ferdinand Foch, Joseph Joffre) by Sir F. Carruthers Gould for Pottery-Wilkinson Ltd. at Museum of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, Scotland.Toby jugs representing World War I Allied leaders (John French, King George V, Douglas Haig) by Sir F. Carruthers Gould for Pottery-Wilkinson Ltd. at Museum of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, Scotland.
Toby jugs representing World War I Allied leaders by Sir F. Carruthers Gould for Pottery-Wilkinson Ltd. at Museum of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, Scotland.Toby jugs representing World War I Allied leaders by Sir F. Carruthers Gould for Pottery-Wilkinson Ltd. at Museum of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, Scotland.Toby jugs representing World War I Allied leaders by Sir F. Carruthers Gould for Pottery-Wilkinson Ltd. at Museum of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, Scotland.
Toby jugs representing World War I Allied leaders (John Jellicoe, Herbert Kitchener, David Beatty, David Lloyd George) by Sir F. Carruthers Gould for Pottery-Wilkinson Ltd. at Museum of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, Scotland.Toby jugs representing World War I Allied leaders (King George V & Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig) by Sir F. Carruthers Gould for Pottery-Wilkinson Ltd. at Museum of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, Scotland.Toby jugs representing World War I Allied leaders (US President Woodrow Wilson with biplane) by Sir F. Carruthers Gould for Pottery-Wilkinson Ltd. at Museum of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, Scotland.
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