EXTREMELY RARE KELSBORO JESTER (TOUCHSTONE) TOBY JUG 17CM HIGH CIRCA 1930-1950

A LARGE 17CM HIGH KELSBORO TOUCHSTONE (JESTER) TOBY JUG. MADE BY THE LONGTON NEW ART POTTERY COMPANY IN LONGTON ENGLAND CIRCA 1930-1950. THIS TOBY JUG IS EXTREMELY RARE: I COULD FIND ONLY ONE OTHER EXAMPLE ONLINE WHICH SOLD FOR $99.

In Shakespeares comedy, As You Like It, Touchstone is a jester to the court of the exiled Duke of Frederick. A jester, court jester, fool or joker was a member of the household of a nobleman or a monarch employed to entertain guests during the medieval and Renaissance eras.
 
MOST CHARACTER JUGS OUT THERE ARE FROM THE ROYAL DOULTON COMPANY AND CHARACTER JUGS FROM SMALLER PRODUCERS ARE HARDER TO FIND.
 
PLEASE NOTE I HAVE VARIOUS CHARACTER AND TOBY JUGS ON AUCTION THIS WEEK. ITS A GOOD TIME FOR ANY COLLECTOR TO ADD TO HIS COLLECTION.
 
MARKINGS: KELSBORO WARE MADE IN ENGLAND
THIS MARK WAS USED CIRCA 1930-1950.
 
SIZE: 15CM WIDE UP TO HANDLE EDGE 17CM HIGH
 
CONDITION: NO CHIPS. NO CRACKS. VERY GOOD CONDITION.
 
LONGTON NEW ART POTTERY KELSBORO WARE (1926-1960s):
Kelsboro Ware was a tradename of The Longton New Art Pottery Co. Ltd., Stoke-on-Trent, established in 1932.
Pam Bott, whose grandfather Roland Butt ran Longton New Art Pottery from about 1926 to 1938 says, 'At some time, my grandfather ran a business from what is now the 'Doctors House' at Gladstone Pottery Museum using the little enamel kiln at the rear of the property. The business was known as Longton New Art Pottery. My grandfather Roland Bott decorated earthenware and Toby Jugs bearing the Kelsboro Ware backstamp.'"
 
CHARACTER JUGS:
Whoever the creator, the Toby Jug caught the fancy of late 18th century England, with early jugs by such well known potters as Ralph Wood I and II, Enoch Wood, Thomas Hollins and William Pratt.
Toby Jug production grew throughout the 19th century with the creation of many new humorous depictions of fictional and historical figures. Many collectors use the name Toby to describe all types of figural jugs but, strictly speaking, true Tobies are sculpted in the form of a full seated or standing figure as opposed to Character Jugs, which feature just the head and shoulders. A number of 20th century Toby Jugs have music boxes attached to the bottom that play tunes related to its theme; these are rarer and therefore more valuable.
In the early and late 20th century, Toby and Character jugs were produced by more than 200 different makers, including Royal Doulton, Lancaster-Sandland, Royal Worcester, Beswick and Wedgwood & Co. in England.
A large number of later 20th century mugs were modeled by various makers after storybook and famous characters of the day such as Winston Churchill, Charles Dickens, Robin Hood, Dorothy of Oz, Paul McCartney, Marilyn Monroe, Garfield the Cat, and even Star Trek characters.
Most Toby Jug manufacturers have discontinued making them as their popularity has ebbed during the 21st Century.
 
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