American Toby Jug Museum 

Gardener character jug produced by Capodimonte of Italy circa 1975. Given that Adam was a gardener, gardening must be man's oldest profession. Millions make their living by helping to feed the rest of the world; others find it a pleasant recreation, while still others regard it as an absorbing hobby. The first gardens were made by primitive peoples as soon as they discovered that they could settle down in one spot and bring in wild roots and other edible plants to grow near their homes. Using irrigation techniques, the Egyptians grew vegetables, fruits and flowers. The Mesopotamians constructed private parks such as the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. However, these fellows here are more likely to be working on a smaller scale. One will have been a gardener all his life, someone who "knew his onions," not to mention his marrows, carrots and other prize-winning garden produce represented on the handle. The other, being younger, deals in potted plants; perhaps using today's more scientific methods he will design and supervise the gardening for his clients, while others do the back-breaking work.