Admiral David Beatty toby jug designed by Francis Carruthers Gould and produced by A. J. Wilkinson of Burslem, England, in a 1917 limited edition of 350. Admiral of the Fleet David Richard Beatty (1871-1936) was a Royal Navy officer. After serving in the Mahdist War and then the response to the Boxer Rebellion, he commanded the Battle Cruiser Fleet at the Battle of Jutland in 1916, a tactically indecisive engagement after which his aggressive approach was contrasted with the caution of his commander Admiral Sir John Jellicoe. He is remembered for his comment at Jutland that "There seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today", after two of them exploded. Later in the war he succeeded Jellicoe as Commander in Chief of the Grand Fleet, in which capacity he received the surrender of the German High Seas Fleet at the end of the war. He then followed Jellicoe's path a second time, serving as First Sea Lord—a position that Beatty held longer than any other First Sea Lord.
While First Sea Lord, he was involved in negotiating the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922. A ship's cannon forms the handle of the jug.
Maker:
A. J. Wilkinson
England
1917
Model #:
World War I Allied Leaders Collection
toby jug
Size:
large
Height:
10 1/4"
