American Toby Jug Museum 

Admiral Louis Mountbatten toby jug modeled by Ray Noble and produced by Bairstow Manor Pottery of Hanley, England, in a 2015 limited edition of 100 commissioned by the American Toby Jug Museum. Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten (1900-1979) was the son of Prince Louis Alexander, Admiral of the British Fleet, and grandson of Queen Victoria. He followed in his father's footsteps by entering the Royal Navy and in World War II served as captain of the destroyer HMS Kelly. He directed commando raids on Norway and France, leading to his appointment as Supreme Allied Commander of the Southeast Asia Command. As the last Viceroy and Governor-general of India, he presided over the transfer of power from England to India in 1947. Returning to Naval duty, Mountbatten became First Sea Lord in 1955. His assassination off the northwest coast of Ireland by an IRA terrorist bombing in 1979 caused worldwide consternation. The British Union Jack flag forms the handle of the jug. This World War II Allied Leaders Collection was made in the style of the World War I Allied Leaders Collection produced by A. J. Wilkinson circa 1920.