Humpty Dumpty toby jug produced by Shaw & Sons of Tunstall, England, circa 1960 using its Burlington Ware tradename. Humpty Dumpty is a character in an English nursery rhyme, probably originally a riddle and one of the best known in the English-speaking world. He is typically portrayed as an anthropomorphic egg, though he is not explicitly described as such. The first recorded versions of the rhyme date from late eighteenth-century England and the tune from 1870 in James William Elliott's National Nursery Rhymes and Nursery Songs. Its origins are obscure, and several theories have been advanced to suggest original meanings. This Humpty Dumpty toby jug stands 4 1/2" tall.
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Humpty Dumpty toby jug - Shaw & Sons circa 1960
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