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A Large Antique Toby Jug Martha Gunn browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques:Decorative Art:Ceramics:English:Pottery: Pre 1837 VR: item # 482548
Arlene Noble Antiques Montclair, New jersey 973 473- 5745 Guest Book Sold |
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This is a large toby sometimes called The Gin Lady, or Martha Gunn. 19th century and standing 10" it is about 7" wide. Done in shades of green and yellow she is holding a bottle in one hand and a glass in the other. Her dress is beautifully patterned, the top in a geometric decoration and the skirt done in floral panels. There is a nice yellow ruffle at the bottom. She is standing on what is meant to be grass and flowers, the handle is green. there are some losses to the paint due to age, but no real collector will mind that. Martha Gunn was a historical figure and is famous for bathing royal personages in the sea at Brighton. There is an English rhyme that goes To Brighton came he, Came George III's son To be bathed in the sea By famed Martha Gunn. Many members of the nobility and other well known personages of that period were bathed in the sea by this esteemed character. Martha Gunn died on the 2nd of May 1815, at the age of 88, and her grave can be visited today at St. Nicholas Churchyard. Her appearance has been permanently captured by the potters of the day and is a treat for toby jug collectors. Just for fun I included a picture of an old ad i ran in The Magazine Antiques. |
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