American Toby Jug Museum 

William I character jug in a prototype medium size modeled by Frank Garbutt and produced by Kingston Pottery of Hull, England, circa 1980 in a limited edition. William the Conqueror (1028-1087), was the first Norman king of England as William I, reigning from 1066 until his death. A descendant of Rollo, he was Duke of Normandy from 1035 onward. By 1060, following a long struggle, his hold on Normandy was secure. In 1066, following the death of Edward the Confessor, William invaded England, leading a Franco-Norman army to victory over the Anglo-Saxon forces of Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings, and suppressed subsequent English revolts in what has become known as the Norman Conquest. The rest of his life was marked by struggles to consolidate his hold over England and his continental lands, and by difficulties with his eldest son, Robert Curthose.