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Bill Sykes toby jug - Roy Kirkham circa 1983

Bill Sykes toby jug produced by Roy Kirkham Pottery of Tunstall, England, circa 1983. Bill Sykes, the brutal thug and murderer from Charles Dickens' novel "Oliver Twist", is a professional thief who sells his ill-gotten gain to Fagin to make his living. Violent and aggressive, he brings Oliver Twist into various nefarious schemes with Fagin's urging. Approximately thirty-five years old, he does have a softer side, maintaining a relationship with Nancy, although he does not love her very much. His life ends as brutally as he lived it, for when the police are moving to arrest him, he falls down from the roof of a house and is killed.

Maker:

Roy Kirkham

England

circa 1983

Model #:

Charles Dickens Series

toby jug

Size:

large

Height:

7"

Bill Sykes toby jug - Roy Kirkham circa 1983
Bill Sykes toby jug - Roy Kirkham circa 1983
Bill Sykes toby jug - Roy Kirkham circa 1983
Bill Sykes toby jug - Roy Kirkham circa 1983
Bill Sykes toby jug - Roy Kirkham circa 1983
Bill Sykes toby jug - Roy Kirkham circa 1983
Bill Sykes toby jug - Roy Kirkham circa 1983
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