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A WEDGWOOD BLUE 'ELIHU YALE' TOBY-JUG
DATED 1934, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK, FROM A MODEL BY PROF. ROBERT G. EBERHARD

Jacobs Collection no. 77--6¼in. (15.9cm.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. Maureen Batkin, Wedgwood Ceramics 1846-1959, London, 1982, p. 214 and Robin Reilly, Wedgwood, London, 1989, Vol. II, fig. 587

The 'Elihu Yale' toby jug, commission by Yale Publishing Company in 1933, was modelled by a member of the University's Sculpture Department. Prof. Eberhard based his design on a 1717 portrait by Enoch Zeeman of the University's Founder.

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