American Toby Jug Museum 

Plug of the Bash Street Kids character jug modeled by Simon Ward and produced by Royal Doulton of Burslem, England, between 1996-1999. Plug is one of the many colorful and classic characters from the amusing pages of the Beano and Dandy comics, in this case the comic strip, "The Bash Street Kids". Created in February, 1954, by Leo Baxendale as "When the Bell Rings", the strip ran under that name until 1956, when it changed to "The Bash Street Kids". It was originally fairly loosely plotted, with a few expository pictures building to a climactic and expansive final frame. Over time the strip settled down to telling the story of the Kids of Class 2B. The nine reprobates known and loved today appeared only gradually. The first strip, for example, featured only Danny, Toots and the Caretaker. They were joined by Sidney, Fatty, Smiffy, Wilfrid, 'Erbert, and Plug, whose always less-than-ideal features evolved over time into their final, extraordinarily foul, form. A banana, arrows and quiver form the handle of the jug.