- Brief description
- Scrooge Toby Jug from a set designed by Peter Jackson for Franklin Mint
- Label
- A decorative jug showing Scrooge from A Christmas Carol sat on a chair. Toby jugs were humorous pottery shaped like a sitting person. They were popular before and throughout Dickens’s life. This is part of a collection of twelve Dickens-themed jugs including Scrooge, Mr. Micawber, and Fagin made by Wood & Sons, sold by Franklin Porcelain of London on a bi-monthly subscription basis.
- Collection
- Object
- Object number
- DH235
- Object type
- Jug
- Production person
- Peter Jackson
- Production organisation
- Wood and Sons Ltd.
franklin - Production date
- 1980-1982
- Production place
- England
- Inscription content
- Wood & Sons crest of a lion shield and lion above printed in black ink. Also printed is: The Charles Dickens Toby Jug Collection/ Scrooge/ Created Exclusively for Franklin Porcelain London/ Franklin Porcelain 80. Also on base written in orange ink: 'K.' Maker's Mark imprinted is an N (or Z) shape.
- Inscription description
- stamped on underside of base
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