A Yorkshire 'Electioneering' Toby-jug

CIRCA 1807

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A Yorkshire 'Electioneering' Toby-jug
Circa 1807
Similarly modelled to the preceding, with a globular straight-necked jug in one hand inscribed A BUMPER/MILTON/FOR EVER on three ribbons, an octagonal stirrup-cup in the other hand, decorated in Pratt-type colours and enamels, with black tricorn, blue frock-coat and yellow breeches, on a sponged base with canted corners (hat restored, both hands restored, jug and handle re-stuck)
9¾in. (24.8cm.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. Llewellyn Jewitt, The Ceramic Art of Great Britain (1883), p.294.

Lord Milton was the son of Earl Fitzwilliam and was one of the candidates for the hotly-contested Yorkshire Election of 1807.

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