American Toby Jug Museum 

Toby Philpot ventriloquist dummy designed and produced by Len Insull of London, England, circa 1950. Often credited as the inspiration for the creation of the Toby Jug, Toby Philpot was the nickname of Harry Elwes, an English drunkard of the mid-18th century who was reputed to have drunk 2,000 gallons of ale in his lifetime. This jug features a common man of the time wearing 18th century clothing and a tricorn hat. Toby Philpot was created from paper mache and outfitted as a fully functioning ventriloquist dummy by Leonard Insull (1883-1974), who was Britain's leading ventriloquial figure maker of the twentieth century, creating many hundreds of items. The "N.S.P.F. Par. 1403" on the label refers to the United States Tariff Commission's classification of this category of product.