Toby jug in the form of sailor sitting on a barrel w/ raised label "GIN COCKTAIL"; sailor in blue uniform holding a pipe and pitcher; jug cover is hat on sailor; white handle on his back.
Toby jugs
cookware
earthenware
glazing (coating)
painting (coating)
tin (metal)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
seamen
Painted
Tin Glazed
Earthenware
Sailor
JUG
Incised on bottom: ""By H.L./ for J.M./ 1898""
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Unknown
10.75 x 4.5 x 6.5 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.902AB
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