Large Antique / Vintage Winston Churchill Toby Jug, Admiral, WW1 British Royal Navy

Very rare example !

Ceramic

The jug was produced with a raw non-glazed or coloured finish and is now showing a lovely patina, with discolouration, calcification and weathering, as if it has been stored outside or under seawater, producing a beautiful unique effect. 

Good structural condition for age. Historical chip to the top left hand edge, which has been repaired in the distant past, to a good standard and is therefore, not particularly noticeable. No repairs to the handle.

19cm high, 16cm wide, 21cm deep. 

Winston Churchill was Admiral twice.

First time 1911-1915

Second time 1939-1940

Based on my research, I have identified the following very similar example sold via Bonhams - New York, in 2015. Obviously the Bonham's example is coloured and glazed, but the design looks identical. I therefore assume that my example is manufactured by the same producer, but left is a raw finish state.

https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/22456/lot/17/

This character jug is based on his first stint as admiral, based on the assumed anchor logo to the front of the hat, rather than during his second stint, when it would have had an eagle logo on it. (this assumption is based on the Bonham's example)

I would therefore suggest the jug is likely dated to around 1915 - 20 period, or slightly later.

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, DL, FRS, RA (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955. Best known for his wartime leadership as Prime Minister, Churchill was also a Sandhurst-educated soldier, a Nobel Prize-winning writer and historian, a prolific painter, and one of the longest-serving politicians in British history. Apart from two years between 1922 and 1924, he was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1900 to 1964 and represented a total of five constituencies. Ideologically an economic liberal and imperialist, he was for most of his career a member of the Conservative Party, which he led from 1940 to 1955, though he was a member of the Liberal Party from 1904 to 1924.