American Toby Jug Museum 

Mr. Winkle liquor container produced by Grimwades of Stoke-on-Trent, England, circa 1940 with is Royal Winton tradename. Nathaniel Winkle is a fictional character in Charles Dickens's first novel, "The Pickwick Papers" (1836). A founder and younger member of the Pickwick Club created by the retired businessman Samuel Pickwick, Winkle is a young friend of Pickwick's and his travelling companion. Although a city dweller, Winkle considers himself an outdoor sportsman, though he turns out to be dangerously inept when handling horses and guns. His ineptitude, especially with guns, becomes a running joke throughout the novel. A cane forms the handle of the jug. The liquor container is remodeled from the character jug by closing off the top of the jug.