. American homes and gardens. th as theJolly Good Fellow. These drinking mugs were made inmany factories, those at Bennington, Vermont, being theonly ones that bear a distinctive mark and in consequence aremore highly prized by connoisseurs. A unique specimen thatwas made in this factory is the only one that shows no mugin the hand, the arms being arranged closely to the body andgiving the appearance of having no arms at all. A genuine Toby of the late eighteenth century costsanywhere from $ to $, while much higher pricesare commanded by some of the rarer kinds. They areshown in all
. American homes and gardens. th as theJolly Good Fellow. These drinking mugs were made inmany factories, those at Bennington, Vermont, being theonly ones that bear a distinctive mark and in consequence aremore highly prized by connoisseurs. A unique specimen thatwas made in this factory is the only one that shows no mugin the hand, the arms being arranged closely to the body andgiving the appearance of having no arms at all. A genuine Toby of the late eighteenth century costsanywhere from $ to $, while much higher pricesare commanded by some of the rarer kinds. They areshown in all moods, some being jovial in appearance, othersplacid, and still more are leering. In fact, every kind of aToby is represented, except a dry one. In addition todepicting the figures of human beings, there are someTobies, although rare, that represent animals, while not afew are in the form of tea pots. These latter are generallyfinished in blue with a band of green and a bit of copper March, 1913 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 101. luster. They vary in heightfrom twelve to eighteeninches. Among the Tobies whichhave been made with notedlikenesses are those ofGeorge II and George IV,the former being very un-popular with the tavern was endowed with agreedy-eyed, heavy-j owledcountenance, yet showing acaricature of the originalwhich makes the likeness un-mistakable. The Stafford- Sunderland frog mugsshire modeler who designed George IV did it with littleappreciation of his subject, however. There is a quaintness and fascination about these littlemugs or pitcher men, that a collector cannot resist. Itrequires great patience and no small amount of money toacquire a collection of any size. Like other old-timeythings, when Tobies had outlived their days of usefulness,no further thought was given to them, and they were un-heeded and lost track of. Not a few of them were con-sidered of so little consequence that they were relegatedto the dump heap, so that when the fad for collecting
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