toby jug
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19760495-005
- Event 1914-1919 First World War
- Affiliation --
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Artist / Maker / Manufacturer
Gould, Francis Carruthers
Royal Staffordshire Pottery Wilkinson Ltd - Date Made --
- Place of Use Continent - Europe, Country - United Kingdom, England
- Category Tools and equipment for materials
- Sub-category Food service tools and equipment
- Department Dress and Insignia
- Museum CWM
- Inscription HELL FIRE JACK; FCG; (bottom/dessous): COPYRIGHT ROYAL STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERY WILKINSON LTD ENGLAND Rgd No 644985; F. Carruthers Gould; SOLD SOANE & SMITH 462 OXFORD ST. LONDON. W.
- Pattern Name Admiral Jellicoe
- Materials Porcelain
- Service Component Royal Navy
- Person / Institution Subject, Jellicoe , G.C.B., O.M., G.C.V.O., Sir John Rushworth
- Measurements Height 25.5 cm, Length 11.5 cm, Width 10.5 cm
- Caption "Jellicoe" Toby Jug
- Additional Information British Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, a prominent pre-war and wartime naval commander, is the subject of this First World War Toby jug. The figure of Jellicoe, in full dress naval uniform and cocked hat, sits on a base marked with the Royal Navy's White Ensign. He holds a jug marked "Hell Fire Jack", a nickname arising from the improvements he made to gunnery during his time as director of naval ordnance. This jug is one of a series created by British political cartoonist Francis Carruthers Gould that caricatures Allied military leaders and politicians.