Sam Weller chalkware toby jug produced by Manor Ware of Newton Abbot, Devon, England, circa 1955. The son of the coachman Tony Weller and faithful manservant of Mr. Pickwick, Sam Weller is one of the most popular, and to many critics the greatest conceived, of Dickens' characters. With his native charm and endless stream of anecdotes and witticisms he is the most quoted and copied character in the "Pickwick Papers". Sam is found by Mr. Pickwick as a boot cleaner at the White Hart and employed as a "gen'l'm'n's gen'l'm'n". Quick witted and good humored, he is the archetypal cockney. Always at the ready to look after his master in every vicissitude, Sam's resourcefulness and experience prove invaluable in helping extricate Mr. Pickwick from the scrapes in which he becomes innocently involved.
Maker:
Manor Ware
England
circa 1955
Model #:
Chalkware
toby jug
Size:
small
Height:
2 3/4"
