Sunday, March 27, 2005

Toby Jug, Half size, Ralph wood

Almost an exact copy of the full size version, this is a truly beautiful jug. The upper half seems completely perfect, but not so the base. The base has been completely sheared off, and restuck on using what I think must be wood glue. Unusually he has buckles on his shoes, not laces. Also interested is the old label inside,
I have see similar jugs, for sale about 1990, doing the circuits of the fine art fairs in london, similar type woods, one with a pot, the other with one arm raised ( Benjimin )
Reading Vics book, and the nature of the damge to the base, I think that he must have been slammed down on a hard surface and this must have caused the whole of the base to be cleanly seperated from the body.
Date wise, I would say about 1795 - 1810, and because of the size I would like to say it could be a salesmans sample, but have to admit, this just might be too much of an over worked cliche.

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