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"Toby Jug"
Made at: Staffordshire (England)
English (Staffordshire)
about 1840
Object Place: Europe, England
Medium/Technique
Earthenware with dark brown "Rockingham"-type glaze
Dimensions
Height x width: 24.8 × 10.8 × 16.5 cm (9 3/4 × 4 1/4 × 6 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
From the collection of Francis William Lawrence of Brookline. Given by his niece Susan Train Hand
Accession Number36.638a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionToby jug with dark, mottled brown glaze. Seated male figure taking snuff. Wears a tricorn hat with removable stopper. Circular base with pooled glaze rises in continuous surface with figure.
InscriptionsPrinted MFA loan label (489.24) on underside of base.
ProvenanceBy 1914, Lucilla Train (Mrs. Francis W. Lawrence) (b. 1842 - d. 1922); December 23, 1924, transferred to her niece, Susan Train (Mrs. Augustus Noble Hand) (b. 1872 - d. 1967); 1936, gift of Susan Train Hand to the MFA.