![True Blue character jug - Greyson Perry circa 1985](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a8b614_3d120f5c16dd4b9d80d54129b457155c~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_280,h_419,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/Image-place-holder_edited_edited_edited_.jpg)
True Blue character jug produced by Greyson Perry of London, England, circa 1985. Grayson Perry (1960 - ) is an English contemporary artist, writer and broadcaster. He is known for his ceramic vases, tapestries, and cross-dressing, as well as his observations of the contemporary arts scene, and for dissecting British "prejudices, fashions and foibles". In True Blue, Grayson Perry subverts a traditional eighteenth-century Toby Jug. In True Blue, this icon of Englishness becomes crude and ridiculous. The inscription "Hurrah! I Say Money is Sexy. Poverty is Most Ugly!" mocks the English class system and the associated ignorance and snobbery. True Blue features a 18th century man with inscribed in blue paint at the top "Made in England", around the base "Hurrah! I Say Money is Sexy. Poverty is Most Ugly!", and at the back True Blue. It is stamped under the handle. True Blue's hair forms the handle of the jug.
Maker:
Grayson Perry
England
circa 1985
Model #:
character jug
Size:
large
Height:
8 5/8"
![True Blue character jug - Greyson Perry circa 1985](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a8b614_1dd085622ecb4805ab8552120bcd35ed~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_229,h_344,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/Image-place-holder_edited.jpg)
![True Blue character jug - Greyson Perry circa 1985](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a8b614_c6841c17251841beae528d620448996e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_229,h_344,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/Image-place-holder_edited.jpg)