American Toby Jug Museum 

Ordinary Toby pie funnel produced by Babbacombe Pottery of Torquay, England, circa 2000. The Ordinary Toby is the original toby jug featuring a common man of the time wearing 18th century clothing and a tricorn hat. This Ordinary Toby is seated in a chair holding a full pitcher of ale in his left hand and a cup in his right. A pie funnel is a small, hollow ceramic item with one or more openings near the bottom and a vent at the top. It was developed in the Victorian era in Britain as a tool intended to keep juicy fruit and meat pies from bubbling over, and to make for a crispier crust.