
Tony Weller toby jug produced by Sitzendorfer Porzellanmanufaktur in Thuringa, Germany, circa 1920. Tony Weller, the coach driver and repository of Cockney wisdom, is a popular character from Charles Dicken's "Pickwick Papers", first published in 1836. He is the father of Sam Weller, Mr. Pickwick's manservant. Experience of life has turned him into something of a philosopher, mistrustful of "vidder" and a staunch believer in the virtue of a "haliby." His wife, Susan, is the proprietor of the Marquis and Granby Inn in Dorking. Susan falls in with the hypocritical Reverend Stiggins, of the Brick Lane Temperance Association, who the frequently imbibing Tony later exposes. Note the gold anchor mark below the handle on the back of the jug. The smaller Tony Weller toby jug stands 3" tall.
Maker:
Sitzendorfer
Germany
circa 1920
Model #:
Charles Dickens Toby Jug Series
toby jug
Size:
medium
Height:
3 1/2"






