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![Bill Brewer character jug small - Torquay Pottery circa 1925](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a8b614_fadddf0ffb0b455ba727a8eb2dc1bf0b~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_280,h_419,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/Image-place-holder_edited_edited_edited_.jpeg)
Bill Brewer character jug in a small size produced by Torquay Pottery of Torquay, England, circa 1925. Bill Brewer is one of the traveling companions mentioned in the Devon folk song "Widecombe Fair" about a man named Tom Pearce, whose horse dies after someone borrows it to travel to the fair in Widecombe with his friends. Its chorus ends with a long list of the people travelling to the fair: "Bill Brewer, Jan Stewer, Peter Gurney, Peter Davy, Dan'l Whiddon, Harry Hawke, Old Uncle Tom Cobley and all." Some research suggests that the names originally referred to real people.
Maker:
Torquay Pottery
England
circa 1925
Model #:
character jug
Size:
small
Height:
3"
![Bill Brewer character jug small - Torquay Pottery circa 1925](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a8b614_1e039f9785254ce49c8512e700790f3b~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_229,h_344,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/Image-place-holder_edited.jpeg)
![Bill Brewer character jug small - Torquay Pottery circa 1925](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a8b614_878b2071b33d47fdbba45af2ead05bdf~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_229,h_344,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/Image-place-holder_edited.jpeg)
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