American Toby Jug Museum 

Oliver Hardy liquor container produced by Heritage China in the United States in 1976. With Stan Laurel, part of probably the most popular comedy team in motion-picture history, Oliver Norvell Hardy (1892-1957) was born in Harlem, Georgia. The thin Laurel and rotund Hardy became a team in 1927. Their typical routine involved a simple set-up, which is then complicated by their zany antics. Their films are marked by expert pantomime, well-defined character and special care taken with props. They appeared in shorts until 1935 and in features until 1951. Hardy made frequent appearances in straight roles without Laurel. Their best-known films included the Academy Award-winning "The Music Box" (1933), "Fra Diavolo" (1933), "Sons of the Desert" (1934) and "Way Our West" (1937). The Oliver Hardy liquor container is a pair with a Stan Laurel liquor container. This liquor container held the Ezra Brooks brand of Kentucky straight bourbon that was bottled at the Hoffman Distilling Company in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky.