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What-is-it question XCIII.

Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 3:39 pm
by 2209patrick
This vessel was made by Andrew E. Warner Jr., Baltimore, Maryland.
Dates to c.1886. It's 5.75 inches (14.61 cm.) tall.
What was this shape called?

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Pat.
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Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 3:51 pm
by dognose
Hi Pat,

A Toby Jug?

Regards Trev.
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Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 4:04 pm
by 2209patrick
Hello Trev.
Yes, it's called a Toby Jug.

Don't see many of these in sterling. Generally made by potteries in some type of earthenware.
Seems to me kind of unusual for a silver piece to be inspired by another type of media.
Can anyone think of other examples?

Pat.
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Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 4:51 pm
by kerangoumar
The reverse is definitely so - most early china articles were based on silver forms, especially noticeable in such as Lancaster (Spode) which have gadrooning and other forms of decoration taken from the silver.
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Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 10:24 pm
by 2209patrick
I wonder if a Pilgrim's bottle would be another example?

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