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Sam Weller toby jug medium - Shaw and Copestake circa 1945

Sam Weller toby jug medium size produced by Shaw and Copestake of Longton, England, circa 1945 using its SylvaC tradename. The son of the coachman, Tony Weller, and faithful manservant of Mr. Pickwick, Sam Weller is one of the most popular and best-conceived of Dickens' characters. With his native charm and endless stream of anecdotes and witticisms, he is the most quoted and copied character in "The Pickwick Papers". Sam is found by Mr. Pickwick as a boot cleaner at the White Hart and employed as a "gen'l'm'n's gen'l'm'n." Quick-witted and good humored, he is the archetypal cockney. Per Mr. Pickwick, Sam has "a considerable knowledge of the world and a good deal of sharpness." Always at the ready to look after his master in every vicissitude, Sam's resourcefulness and experience prove invaluable in helping extricate Mr. Pickwick from the scrapes in which he regularly becomes innocently involved.

Maker:

Shaw and Copestake

England

circa 1945

Model #:

1231

toby jug

Size:

medium

Height:

6 1/2"

Sam Weller toby jug medium - Shaw and Copestake circa 1945
Sam Weller toby jug medium - Shaw and Copestake circa 1945
Sam Weller toby jug medium - Shaw and Copestake circa 1945
Sam Weller toby jug medium - Shaw and Copestake circa 1945
Sam Weller toby jug medium - Shaw and Copestake circa 1945
Sam Weller toby jug medium - Shaw and Copestake circa 1945
Sam Weller toby jug medium - Shaw and Copestake circa 1945
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