American Toby Jug Museum 

Winnie-the-Pooh character jug produced by Walt Disney of Los Angeles, California, circa 1990. Winnie-the-Pooh, also known as Edward Bear, Pooh Bear or simply Pooh, is a fictional anthropomorphic teddy bear created by English author A. A. Milne and English illustrator E. H. Shepard. Winnie-the-Pooh first appeared by name in a children's story commissioned by London's Evening News for Christmas Eve 1925. The character is inspired by a stuffed toy that Milne had bought for his son Christopher Robin in Harrods department store, and a bear they had viewed at London Zoo. The first collection of stories about the character is the book "Winnie-the-Pooh" (1926), and this was followed by "The House at Pooh Corner" (1928). Milne also included a poem about the bear in the children's verse book "When We Were Very Young" (1924) and many more in "Now We Are Six" (1927). Winnie-the-Pooh's left arm and hand form the handle of the jug.