Royal Doulton \'Tom Sawyer\' Small Character Jug - D7187 - by Shane Ridge
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Royal Doulton \'Tom Sawyer\' Small Character Jug - D7187 - by Shane Ridge :
$25.04
Delightful Bone China Small Character Jug - \'Tom Sawyer\' - D7187 - designed by Shane Ridge.
Hand made and hand decorated, this high quality piece was produced for the International Collectors Club.
The Royal Doulton Company is a world renowned Englishpottery company, producing collectables and tableware. It developed from apartnership between John Doulton, Martha Jones and John Watts, in 1815, with afactory at Vauxhall Walk, Lambeth, London. In 1820, the trade name changed toDoulton & Watts; and in 1853 took the name Doulton & Co, following theretirement ofJohn Watts, merging with the company founded by John\'s sonHenry, with premises at Lambeth High Street. In 1882, Doulton purchased a small factory at Nile Street,Burslem Staffordshire, the region known as The Potteries. And the rest isHistory.
Tom Sawyer is the title character of the Mark Twain novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876). Tom is a boy of about 12 years of age, who lives in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, Missouri, about the year 1845, with his friends Joe Harper and Huckleberry Finn..
The jug depicts a smiling Tom, in his black overalls and blue hat.The jug handle consists of a picket fence and a bucket of white paint and paint brush.
The jug, which measures 4.25\"/11cms tall, is in excellent condition, with no chips, cracks or crazing.
Backstamp reads \"Hand made and hand decorated / Royal Doulton / INTERNATIONAL COLLECTORS CLUB / Tom Sawyer / D7187 / Modelled by Shane Ridge / Made in England / (c) / 2002 Royal Doulton\"
Royal Doulton \'Tom Sawyer\' Small Character Jug - D7187 - by Shane Ridge :
$25.04