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Tony Weller character jug - Avon Art Pottery circa 1950

Tony Weller character jug produced by Avon Art Pottery of Longton, England, circa 1950 marked with the firm's Avon Ware tradename. Tony Weller, the coach driver and repository of Cockney wisdom, is a popular character from Charles Dickens' "Pickwick Papers", first published in 1836. He is the father of Sam Weller, Mr. Pickwick's manservant. Experience of life has turned him into something of a philosopher, mistrustful of "vidder" and a staunch believer in the virtue of a "haliby." His wife, Susan, is the proprietor of the Marquis and Granby Inn in Dorking. Susan falls in with the hypocritical Reverend Stiggins, of the Brick Lane Temperance Association, who the frequently imbibing Tony later exposes.

Maker:

Avon Art Pottery

England

circa 1950

Model #:

Charles Dickens Series

character jug

Size:

medium

Height:

4 5/8"

Tony Weller character jug - Avon Art Pottery circa 1950
Tony Weller character jug - Avon Art Pottery circa 1950
Tony Weller character jug - Avon Art Pottery circa 1950
Tony Weller character jug - Avon Art Pottery circa 1950
Tony Weller character jug - Avon Art Pottery circa 1950
Tony Weller character jug - Avon Art Pottery circa 1950
Tony Weller character jug - Avon Art Pottery circa 1950
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