American Toby Jug Museum 

Toby Philpot jug designed by Clarice Cliff and produced by A. J. Wilkinson of Burslem, England, circa 1940. Philpot was the subject of a popular poem, The Brown Jug, by Francis Fawkes, and possibly served as the inspiration for the creation of the toby jug. The most widely accepted theory is that the original was a Yorkshireman, Henry Elwes, who was 'famous for drinking 2,000 gallons of strong stingo beer from his silver tankard, while eating nothing." He was nicknamed Toby Philpot, and after his death in 1761, the London publisher of popular prints, Carrington Bowles, issued a mezzotint portrait of him. Toby Fillpot is seated in a chair holding a full pitcher of ale in his lap with both hands.