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Tailor (Model 781)
DECORATIVE ARTS
Toby jug
Roy Kirkham Pottery
Europe: United Kingdom, England, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent
1970s
glazed earthenware
overall: 125 mm

Ceramic moulded and glazed Staffordshire ware Toby jug in form of a seated tailor, sitting cross-legged, his hands working on a yellow garment with button holes, himself wearing a dark blue waistcoat, black apron and brown hat, with a tape measure and scissors. Features a pair of oval eye spectacles, possibly intended to suggest tinted lenses. White handle fixed to his back. Hat peaks to a barely perceptible spout. Irregular-shaped base with printed backstamp featuring a lion rampant underneath.


2023.121

Gift of Dr Neil Handley, 2023



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