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Mr. Bumble character jug produced by Fancies Fayre Pottery of Shelton, England, circa 1950. Mr. Bumble is a fictional character and minor antagonist in the 1838 novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. Mr. Bumble is the cruel and self-important beadle - a minor parish official - who oversees the parish workhouse and orphanage of Mudfog where the orphaned Oliver Twist is brought up. The expression "Bumbledom" is named after the character and is used to describe the "meddlesome self-importance of the petty bureaucrat."
Maker:
Fancies Fayre Pottery
England
circa 1950
Model #:
character jug
Size:
small
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