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Dan'l Widden character jug produced by J. W. Co.'s Dartmoor Pottery of Devon, England, circa 2000. Dan'l Whiddon 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. A crop forms the handle of the jug.
Maker:
Dartmoor
England
circa 2000
Model #:
Widecombe Fair Series
character jug
Size:
small
Height:
3"
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