Toby Jug, A Thin Man

The Thin Man
Bought from Aurea Carter about 2003 for about 1500 gbp, this one is a very unusual colour. The detailing is very fine, and as far as I can see there is no damage to the hand, but there has been some repair to to the base of the chair.
One main thing that you notice when you first look at hime is the quality of the detail, in particular, the chair and face. The chair is a work of art on it's own, and is a pretty good representation of a chippendale chair. Another thing that never fail to wonder at is the marvalous almost urved line of the back of the jug.
Because of the colour, and the great detail of the potting, I think it was not made by any of the known makers, but was made by one of the staffordshire potteries that probobly just did dinner services, and just did a proto type toby jug just to see how it would turn out.
The only other thin man I have for direct comparison is the repro produced by Kevin Francis, and against this one it appears vastly superior in potting, detail and definition. All I need now is more thin men to compare it with . . .
Date wise I wouls guess about 1810-1820