American Toby Jug Museum 

Peter Meanley stoneware toby jug holding a toby jug produced by Peter Meanley of Bangor, Ireland, in 2009. After graduating from the York School of Art, Peter Meanley studied ceramics at the Royal College of Art and later gained a doctorate at the University of Ulster where he was a Reader in Ceramics for many years. Peter has an excellent understanding and appreciation of early English Toby jugs and has worked with salt glaze for 30 years combining these skills to create some fabulous salt glazed Toby jugs caricaturing famous personalities as well as everyday people. This is a self-portrait toby jug featuring Meanley holding a toby jug in his left hand.