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![Uncle Tom Cobleigh character jug medium - Torquay Pottery circa 1920](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a8b614_a7b644ef347444598660e798755b5e46~mv2.jpeg/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_.jpeg)
Auld Uncle Tom Cobleigh character jug produced in a medium size by Torquay Pottery of Torquay, England, circa 1920. Uncle Tom Cobley is one of the traveling companions mentioned in the Devon folk song "Widecombe Fair" about a man named Tom Pearce, whose horse dies after someone borrows it to travel to the fair in Widecombe with his friends. Its chorus ends with a long list of the people travelling to the fair: "Bill Brewer, Jan Stewer, Peter Gurney, Peter Davy, Dan'l Whiddon, Harry Hawke, Old Uncle Tom Cobley and all." Some research suggests that the names originally referred to real people.
Maker:
Torquay Pottery
England
circa 1920
Model #:
B 5
character jug
Size:
medium
Height:
5"
![Uncle Tom Cobleigh character jug medium - Torquay Pottery circa 1920](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a8b614_0bf1bdcad03a4206ab727e9e47379b5a~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_229,h_344,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/Image-place-holder_edited.jpeg)
![Uncle Tom Cobleigh character jug medium - Torquay Pottery circa 1920](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a8b614_0903b200ef954b04aef0ad40206cdca9~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_229,h_344,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/Image-place-holder_edited.jpeg)
![Uncle Tom Cobleigh character jug medium - Torquay Pottery circa 1920](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a8b614_1e64747e990e40dc9576a6ebdde20f13~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_229,h_344,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/Image-place-holder_edited.jpeg)
![Uncle Tom Cobleigh character jug medium - Torquay Pottery circa 1920](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a8b614_89da980dc7ef4152bcb6690398d77e25~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_229,h_344,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/Image-place-holder_edited_edited_edited_.jpeg)
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