A RARE SILVER TOBY JUG

Details

A RARE SILVER TOBY JUG
MAKER'S MARK OF A.E. WARNER, BALTIMORE, 1840-1860

Realistically formed as a man in contemporary dress, his tricorner hat forming the spout, the handle formed as a leg, engraved under base To Susan Dows December 9, 1886 From Enoch Pratt of Baltimore, marked A.E. WARNER and 11-2--5 3/4in. high; together with a glazed earthenware example of identical form with molded inscription, stamped Lyman Fenton & Co., Bennington, Vermont, 1849
(14 oz.) (2)

Literature

James Biddle, American Art from American Collections, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1963, fig. 131A.B., p.63.
David B. Warren, Southern Silver, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1968, no. G-21-D.

Exhibited

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Southern Silver, 1968.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, American Art from American Collections, 1963.

Lot Essay

The first Toby jugs were made in Staffordshire in the late 18th century, American potteries produced the form beginning in the 1840s. A Bennington, Vermont Toby, patented in 1849, was probably based on the 1761 print of "Toby Philpot" illustrating the song "The Brown Jug." Based on the same model as the Warner example, and with a patent date of 1849 accompanies this lot.