Vintage Shorter No.2 Character / Toby Jug With Purple Coat / Green Trousers & Buttons

This is a gorgeous 1950s hand painted Vintage Shorter No.2 Character / Toby Jug With Purple Coat / Green Trousers & Buttons.

In good condition with no chips, cracks or restoration, and with vibrant colours. There is some age related crazing.

Approximatel size (WHD): 8.8cm (Base Width) x 13.1cm x 12cm (maximum depth including handle)

Dressed in typical toby jug style, the Georgian era gentleman sports a black tricorn hat, a white wig, and is holding a black coin purse and tankard of beer. He is actually a character jug as it only depicts his torso and head.

The backstamp reads:

• Shorter England No.2: which is an impressed / embossed stamp used from the 1930s onward.
• Genuine Staffordshire Hand Painted Shorter & Son Ltd England: A printed mark used between 1940 and 1964

A great Kitsch item for your collection of toby / character jugs or use as a novelty posy vase or display item.  Accessories shown in the photos are not included.

Some History For You.

A. J. Wilkinson Ltd, Newport Pottery and Shorter & Son Ltd factories were all owned by the Shorter family, and they worked in close co-operation. Their main claim to fame was Clarice Cliff, whom worked at the A.J. Wilkinson factory. In 1927/8 Clarice Cliff designed the handpainted ‘Bizarre Ware’ pottery range. The name for the range was chosen by Colley Shorter whom married Clarice Cliff in 1940 after the death of his first wife.