American Toby Jug Museum 

Bernard Leach toby jug modeled by Douglas V. Tootle and produced by Kevin Francis Ceramics of Stoke-on-Trent, England, in a 1992 limited edition of 200. Bernard Howell Leach (1887 - 1979) was a British studio potter and art teacher. He is regarded as the "Father of British studio pottery". Leach promoted pottery as a combination of Western and Eastern arts and philosophies. His work focused on traditional Korean, Japanese and Chinese pottery, in combination with traditional techniques from England and Germany, such as slipware and salt glaze ware. He saw pottery as a combination of art, philosophy, design and craft even as a greater lifestyle. A green koi fish forms the handle of the jug.