American Toby Jug Museum 

Squire character jug produced by Hachiya Brothers of Japan for A. A. Importing of St. Louis, Missouri, circa 1995. In the Middle Ages, a squire was the shield- or armor-bearer of a knight. Use of the term evolved over time. Initially, a squire served as a knight's apprentice. Later, a village leader or a lord of the manor might come to be known as a "squire", and still later, the term was applied to members of the landed gentry. A horse's head forms the handle of the jug.