| Recent sales from the Royal Doulton Archives have released some very rare character jugs into the market, including some prototypes which will be of great interest to collectors. All of them are featured in the new book A Century of Royal Doulton Character and Toby Jugs. Rarities have occurred throughout the history of Doulton jugs due to color and modeling variations and limited production periods. Even comparatively recent designs become rare when the edition size does not meet collector demand. |
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Atlanta Braves Baseball Player Mini Prototype
Modeled by Stan Taylor
Height: 2 ¾ inches
1996 |
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This miniature size Baseball Player in the colors of the Atlanta Braves was piloted in 1996 but never put into production.
Featured on p49 of the new book A Century of Royal Doulton Character and Toby Jugs. |
This miniature size Trapper was piloted but was never put into production. The block was recorded in storage at the Nile Street factory in 1980. A handful of examples are known in private collections.
Featured on page 322 of the new book A Century of Royal Doulton Character and Toby Jugs. |
Trapper Mini Prototype
Modeled by David Biggs
Height: 2 ½ inches
c.1983 |
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Old King Cole Yellow Crown
Modeled by Harry Fenton
Height: 3 ½ inches
1938 |
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Early versions of Old King Cole were decorated with a yellow crown and gray hair. This was soon changed to a brown crown with red hair. Because of the limited production of the ‘Yellow Crown’ version it is now very rare.
Featured on page 239 of the new book A Century of Royal Doulton Character and Toby Jugs. |
Fenton’s first model for ‘Arry, the Cockney character, featured pearl buttons embossed in the design and is now known to collectors as ‘Pearly Boy’. The buttons were removed to save costs in the post-war economic climate. Undecorated white jugs were produced by Doulton during World War II and its aftermath. The clay models have slight production flaws so it was not worth painting them for export. Instead they were glazed for limited distribution and are now considered very desirable.
Featured on page 417 of the new book A Century of Royal Doulton Character and Toby Jugs. |
Pearly Boy Large White
Modeled by Harry Fenton
Height: 6 ½ inches
1947 |
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Pearly Girl Small
Modeled by Harry Fenton
Height: 3 ¼ inches
1947 |
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Fenton’s first model for ‘Arriet was decorated in different colors, most noticeably a lime green hat feather. This color version is known to collectors as the Pearly Girl and is considered very rare. Featured on page 249 of the new book A Century of Royal Doulton Character and Toby Jugs. |
This character jug was only made for three years so production was very limited and it is now a very valuable jug.
Featured on page 41 of the new book A Century of Royal Doulton Character and Toby Jugs. |
Ard of ‘Earing Small
Modeled by David Biggs
Height: 3 ½ inches
1964-67 |
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Clown with Red Hair
Modeled by Harry Fenton
Height: 7 ½ inches
1937 |
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The Clown was originally decorated with brown hair but some much rarer red-haired versions exist with brighter face paint, including black eyebrows. After World War II, the decoration was completely changed and the clown has white hair. |
This is the largest and most complex character jug ever produced by Doulton. It was limited to just 1,500 world-wide and sold out very quickly so it is hard to find today.
Featured on page 137 of the new book A Century of Royal Doulton Character and Toby Jugs. |
Geoffrey Chaucer
Modeled by Robert Tabbenor
Height: 7 ½ inches
1996 |
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A Century of Royal Doulton Character and Toby Jugs
The most comprehensive book available on Royal Doulton character and toby jugs. Lavishly illustrated with 1,760 large photos of more than 800 separate jugs and derivatives. Includes photos of every production piece of the past century, plus more than 100 prototype jugs, many never seen before in print, and scores of photographs of trial colorway jugs.
$125
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