American Toby Jug Museum 

Merman majolica 3/4 body toby jug by Wardle in Hanley, England, circa 1900. Merman, the male counterpart of the mythical female mermaid, are legendary creatures which are human from the waist up and fish-like from the waist down, but may assume normal human shape. Sometimes they are described as hideous and other times as handsome.