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Drunken Sal toby jug black dress - Davenport 1836

Drunken Sal toby jug in black dress produced by Davenport in 1836. Wearing a tattered black 18th century dress white mob cap and large brimmed hat Drunken Sal personifies the gin drinking women of the day. She is a slutish, leering woman sitting on a tree stump with a branch forming the handle. She is holding a glass in her left hand and clay pipe in her right with smoke wafting from the bowl. The impressed Davenport mark dates this piece to 1836.

Maker:

Davenport

England

1836

Model #:

toby jug

Size:

extra large

Height:

12 1/4"

Drunken Sal toby jug black dress - Davenport 1836
Drunken Sal toby jug black dress - Davenport 1836
Drunken Sal toby jug black dress - Davenport 1836
Drunken Sal toby jug black dress - Davenport 1836
Drunken Sal toby jug black dress - Davenport 1836
Drunken Sal toby jug black dress - Davenport 1836
Drunken Sal toby jug black dress - Davenport 1836
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