American Toby Jug Museum 

Madame de Chevreuse toby jug produced by Longton New Art Pottery of Longton, England, circa 1955 using its Kelsboro Ware tradename. Marie Aimée de Rohan (1600-1679) was a French courtier and political activist, famed for being the center of many of the intrigues of the first half of the 17th century in France. In various sources, she is often known simply as Madame de Chevreuse. She was at the center of all the intrigues that involved foreign powers against France: negotiations with the duchy of Lorraine and with Spain conducted by Charles de l'Aubespine, who ruined himself on her behalf, revealing to her the councils of the king in 1633. Secret exchanges of correspondence with Spain carried out by Anne of Austria were unmasked in 1637, requiring the Duchesse de Chevreuse to flee to Spain, then to England and finally to Flanders. She was involved in the conspiracy of the comte de Soissons in 1641, and at the death of the king, a clause in the testament of succession forbade the return to France of the duchesse. A tree branch forms the handle of the jug.