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Prattware Pottery Toby Jug, Yorkshire Potteries, C. 1830.
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Prattware Pottery Toby Jug, Yorkshire Potteries, C. 1830.

18th century
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A Yorkshire Potteries Prattware Toby jug, c. 1820. The finely modelled Toby Jug, typically modelled, as a seated toper, wearing 18th Century clothes, holding a large jug of ale, with his pipe at his side. He wears a tricorn hat, which forms the spout of the jug.

Set upon a squared base, with canted corners.

Decorated in Pratt colours, beneath a pearlware glaze.

Height – 21 cm, 8 1/4”.

Width – 10 cm, 3 7/8”.

Depth – 16 cm, 6 1/4”.

Condition – Very minor wear to the glaze, and typical small firing faults. No damage. No restoration. A very clean example.

Date of Manufacture

Philip Carrol Antiques has dated this Prattware Pottery Toby Jug to the Georgian era.

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A Yorkshire Potteries Prattware Toby jug, c. 1820.
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The finely modelled Toby Jug, typically modelled, as a seated toper, wearing 18th Century clothes, holding a large jug of ale, with his pipe at his side.
Philip Carrol Antiques

He wears a tricorn hat, which forms the spout of the jug.

fig 1. A Georgian Prattware pottery Toby jug depicting a seated man in a blue coat, yellow breeches, and tricorn hat holding a brown ale pitcher.
fig 1. Prattware Pottery Toby Jug, Yorkshire Potteries, C. 1830.

Set upon a squared base, with canted corners.

Decorated in Pratt colours, beneath a pearlware glaze.

Height – 21 cm, 8 1/4”.

Width – 10 cm, 3 7/8”.

Depth – 16 cm, 6 1/4”.

Condition – Very minor wear to the glaze, and typical small firing faults. No damage. No restoration. A very clean example.

Date of Manufacture

Philip Carrol Antiques has dated this Prattware Pottery Toby Jug to the Georgian era.

Reference Numbers
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SA1246152
Philip Carrol Antiques
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Philip carrol antiques was established in 1983

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A Georgian Prattware pottery Toby jug depicting a seated man in a blue coat, yellow breeches, and tricorn hat holding a brown ale pitcher.
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Archive I A Georgian Prattware pottery Toby jug depicting a seated man in a blue coat, yellow breeches, and tricorn hat holding a brown ale pitcher.

Prattware Pottery Toby Jug, Yorkshire Potteries, C. 1830.

Archive II A Georgian Prattware pottery Toby jug depicting a seated man in a blue coat, yellow breeches, and tricorn hat holding a brown ale pitcher. View II
Archive III A Georgian Prattware pottery Toby jug depicting a seated man in a blue coat, yellow breeches, and tricorn hat holding a brown ale pitcher. View III
Archive IV A Georgian Prattware pottery Toby jug depicting a seated man in a blue coat, yellow breeches, and tricorn hat holding a brown ale pitcher. View IV
Archive V A Georgian Prattware pottery Toby jug depicting a seated man in a blue coat, yellow breeches, and tricorn hat holding a brown ale pitcher. View V
Archive VI A Georgian Prattware pottery Toby jug depicting a seated man in a blue coat, yellow breeches, and tricorn hat holding a brown ale pitcher. View VI
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Archive XI A Georgian Prattware pottery Toby jug depicting a seated man in a blue coat, yellow breeches, and tricorn hat holding a brown ale pitcher. View XI
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A Georgian Prattware pottery Toby jug depicting a seated man in a blue coat, yellow breeches, and tricorn hat holding a brown ale pitcher.
Prattware pottery Toby Jug, Yorkshire Potteries, c. 1830.
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A Georgian Prattware pottery Toby jug depicting a seated man in a blue coat, yellow breeches, and tricorn hat holding a brown ale pitcher.
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Cataloguer’s note

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  • ObjectToby Jugs
  • Period18th century
  • StyleGeorgian
  • MaterialEarthenware, Lead Glaze, Oxide Pigments
  • ColourMulticolour
  • MotifsTricorn hat, Blue coat, Ale pitcher, Moulded figure

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A Toby jug is a ceramic pitcher modelled in the form of a seated figure, typically wearing 18th-century attire and holding a mug of ale. Prattware versions feature a distinct palette of underglaze high-temperature oxide colours developed in Britain during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

These vessels were produced from creamware or pearlware earthenware body clays pressed into multi-piece ceramic moulds. The figures were hand-painted with metal oxide pigments, including cobalt blue, antimony yellow, and manganese brown, prior to a single clear lead glaze firing.

Authentic period examples exhibit a specific palette restricted to high-temperature underglaze colours, lightweight earthenware bodies, visible mould seam lines, and evidence of wear or unglazed areas along the base rim.

An antique Toby jug serves as a focal decorative object when displayed individually on a mantelpiece, bookshelf, or sideboard surface. Combining ceramic figures with dark wood surfaces or minimalist shelving highlights the relief moulding and historic glazes.

Dust the surface regularly with a soft dry brush or microfiber cloth. Avoid full immersion in water or aggressive chemical cleaners, as moisture can enter micro-crazing in the lead glaze and degrade the internal body clay.
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