This Royal Doulton Sir John Falstaff Toby Jug was designed by Charles Noke. It was part of the Literary Character Series issued between 1939-1991. It is backed stamped for Royal Doulton and interestingly, the design was registered in Australia.

This Toby Jug depicts a sitting Sir John Falstaff with a with a Pitcher of Beer in one hand and a Cup in the other. This Toby Jug is designed with a burgundy cloak , a black hat with burgundy feathers , gray hair and mustache , brown boots, and blue accents on the jacket.

Approx. Measurements:

8 ½” tall x 4 ¼” wide x 4 ½” deep

The Large Sir John Falstaff Toby Jug would be a lovely addition to your Toby Jug collection. It would make a lovely housewarming, birthday, or anniversary gift.

~ What Is A Toby Jug? ~

A Toby Jug, also sometimes known as a Fillpot (or Philpot), is a pottery jug in the form of a seated person, or the head of a recognizable person. 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"[1] or face jugs, the wider historical term.

~ Who is Sir John Falstaff ~

Sir John Falstaff is a fictional character who appears in three plays by William Shakespeare and is eulogized in a fourth. His significance as a fully developed character is primarily formed in the plays Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2, where he is a companion to Prince Hal, the future King Henry V of England. A notable eulogy for Falstaff is presented in Act II, Scene III of Henry V, where Falstaff does not appear as a character on stage, as enacted by Mistress Quickly in terms that some scholars have ascribed to Plato's description of the death of Socrates after drinking hemlock. By comparison, Falstaff is presented as the buffoonish suitor of two married women in The Merry Wives of Windsor.

Though primarily a comic figure, Falstaff still embodies a kind of depth common to Shakespeare's major characters. A fat, vain, boastful, and cowardly knight, he spends most of his time drinking at the Boar's Head Inn with petty criminals, living on stolen or borrowed money. Falstaff leads the apparently wayward Prince Hal into trouble, and is ultimately repudiated after Hal becomes king.

Condition:

New - Beautiful Mid Century Relic! Toby Jug in excellent condition with no chips, no cracks and no scratches. This little gem has spent his life on a shelf as part of a large display – Never used. Photos show all sides & details of this item and details of all the parts so please carefully look at images/pictures as they are part of the description and ask any questions before buying. You should be able to enlarge/zoom the images/pictures on your computer for even more details. This is the actual item you are buying.

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