Anxious Assembly
Anxious Toby Jug
Medium & Materials:
white earthenware
Measurements:
15”x10”x24”
Date:
2021
Description:
A Toby Jug, also sometimes known as a Fillpot (or Philpot), is a pottery jug in the form of a seated person, or the head of a recognizable person. Typically the seated figure is a heavy-set, jovial man holding a mug of beer in one hand and a pipe of tobacco in the other and wearing 18th-century attire: a long coat and a tricorn hat. The tricorn hat forms a pouring spout, often with a removable lid, and a handle is attached at the rear. The original Toby Jug, with a brown salt glaze, was developed and popularised by Staffordshire potters in the 1760s. There are competing theories for the origin of the name "Toby Jug".[4] One is that it was named after the intoxicated, jovial character of Sir Toby Belch in Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night. Another is that it was named after a notorious 18th-century Yorkshire drinker, Henry Elwes, who was known as "Toby Fillpot" (or Philpot), ho was mentioned in an old English drinking song The Brown Jug, the popular verses of which were first published in 1761.
Pirate Mug
Medium & Materials:
white earthenware
Measurements:
10”x4”x12”
Date:
2021
Description:
Based on a mug owned by his grandparents, Kelly created this mug from memory, and then searched online to find an image of the exact one from his youth. That Royal Daulton face mug of Long John Silver was produced in the 1950's and had the same sidelong glance and parrot handle. The power of the memory had stayed with Kelly since his childhood.
Sad Sleepy Bear Head
Medium & Materials:
white earthenware
Measurements:
12”x5”x10”
Date:
2021
Squinting guy with handle
Medium & Materials:
white earthenware
Measurements:
9”x6”x10”
Date:
2021
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