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Dutch Boy with Pipe toby jug produced in Germany for Ebeling and Reuss of Devon, Pennsylvania, circa 1935 using its Erphila tradename. A Dutch Boy refers to the Little Dutch Boy character, a boy who plugs a dike with his finger, featured in the novel "Hans Brinker", or "The Silver Skates" by Mary Mapes Dodge. He is characterized as a boy dressed in traditional Dutch clothing and wooden shoes with a type of bob haircut featuring straight bangs and hair cut horizontally above the neck. This Dutch Boy is smoking a pipe. A 5 1/2" tall version is known with model number 6189.
Maker:
Ebeling and Reuss
United States
circa 1935
Model #:
6402
Dutchy Jugs Series
toby jug
Size:
medium
Height:
6"
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