American Toby Jug Museum 

George Tinworth toby jug modeled by Douglas V. Tootle and produced by Kevin Francis Ceramics of Stoke-on-Trent, England, in a 1993 limited edition of 350. George Tinworth (1843 - 1913) was an English ceramic artist who worked for the Doulton factory at Lambeth from 1867 until his death. He began work at the Doulton factory making cases for water filters, but soon moved on to making the new range of salt-glazed stoneware that became known simply as "Doulton Ware". About thirty examples of his work were shown at the 1867 Paris Exhibition. He eventually became their most important designer of decorative vases, jugs and humorous figures and animals. He continued with his own work too and his pottery reliefs of Biblical scenes exhibited at the Royal Academy were especially famous. As a major influence in the Royal Doulton world in the late 1800s and early 1900s, he designed and manufactured a wide range of animal and mice figures in all sorts of scenes. A band of mice play various instruments around the base of the jug. A shock of wheat forms the handle of the jug.