Tony Weller salt shaker produced by Artone Pottery of Burslem, England, circa 1960. 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. This is a pair with the Bill Sykes pepper shaker.
Maker:
Artone Pottery
England
circa 1960
Model #:
Derivative
salt shaker
Size:
small
Height:
2 1/3"
