. International studio. ector of antiqueshas several tobieson his shelves,for no one can He survives the days ofstout brown ale whenlandlords kept goodcheer by MARY HARROD NORTHWJ might not overtake them intheir journey to another huacas, as they werecalled, were made of the nativeclay, rudely fashioned into theshapes of animals or humanfigures and decorated with resist their quaint appeal. Wehave the toby mug, the tobypitcher and the toby jug, all passed down to us crude though not inartistic paintings,from the day of the old English ordinary, thence France and Holland early made
. International studio. ector of antiqueshas several tobieson his shelves,for no one can He survives the days ofstout brown ale whenlandlords kept goodcheer by MARY HARROD NORTHWJ might not overtake them intheir journey to another huacas, as they werecalled, were made of the nativeclay, rudely fashioned into theshapes of animals or humanfigures and decorated with resist their quaint appeal. Wehave the toby mug, the tobypitcher and the toby jug, all passed down to us crude though not inartistic paintings,from the day of the old English ordinary, thence France and Holland early made these interest-overseas to our own taverns and now, their mission ing little jugs, but the most varied and best knownended, reposing in solemn conclave among the examples were from the hands of the Staffordshire very choicest of our treasures. What an interesting group they are, their jollycountenances, rotund figures and bright coloringattracting the attention of every lover of the unusual! The tobyis always associated. with the convivis potters in old England. Ralph and Enoch Wood,also Whieldon made all sorts of quaint tobies,many of which still survive. The Wood potteriesdecorated their jugs with very delicate coloring,and life-like faces surmounted rotund bodieswhose waistcoats were plentifully splashed withcolor. Brightly hued tobies were made by otherquaffing of the nut potters and were popular for their dashing designs,brown ale at the which sometimes took the forms of animals, suchsocial gatherings of as frogs and dogs and cats. our early settlers. As early as 1700 the demand for these pitchers However, it is none and mugs began. It grew more insistent with thethe less interesting years, until finally a large proportion of Englishto learn that long potters manufactured tobies to supply their ownago in the days of and the American markets. prehistoric Amer- These queer little figures often bore the like- ica, the ancient Pe- nesses of famous military and naval heroes, su
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