“Hearty Good Fellow” Toby Jug

Andrei Auerbach factory, Kuznetsovo Village, Korchevsky Uyezd, Tver Province, Russia. 1817-1833

Overglaze painting on faience

Height: 26 cm, base measures 11.5 by 10.5 cm

Impressed mark reads “AK”

Entered the State Historical Museum collection in 1922 as part of a group of privately owned items submitted for safekeeping during World War One (1914-1918) and never reclaimed. 

The “Hearty Good Fellow” Toby Jug shows a simple, jovial country man. The jugs were based on a satirical print attributed to Francis Hayman (1708-1776), inspired by a poem of the same title.