Lot Essay
This rare jug probably represents Dick Whittington but is based on a 'Tithe Pig Parson' original. A similar example was sold at Sotheby's, 17 May 1989, lot 402.
Cf. Burnap Collection, Catalogue (1953), p. 71, no. 398; for other variants see Price, op. cit., pl. LXVII, no. 4 and pl. LVII, no. 124.
Cf. Burnap Collection, Catalogue (1953), p. 71, no. 398; for other variants see Price, op. cit., pl. LXVII, no. 4 and pl. LVII, no. 124.