American Toby Jug Museum 

Maori character jug prototype version 1 modeled by Harry Fenton and produced by Royal Doulton of Burslem, England, in 1939. The Maori are the indigenous aboriginal inhabitants of New Zealand. They decorate their faces and bodies in scroll and sweeping line tattoos called “moko.” When Captain Cook landed on New Zealand he commented on moko by observing that “the figures they most use are spirals drawn and connected together with great nicety and judgment, they are so exact in the application of these figures that no difference can be found between the one side of the face and the other.” Today the Maori people are fully integrated into New Zealand society, although some prejudices still exist. Harry Fenton created the first version Maori character jug from a photograph sent to him for reference. Several sample Maori jugs were sent to New Zealand in 1939, but general production never ensued due to the start of World War II. Only five or six copies are known to exist.