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REDUCED.THIS IS FOR THE SERIOUS COLLECTOR ONLY. VERY VERY RARE. I HAVE A SMALL MEPHISTOPHELES 9.5CM WITH POEM VERY RARE THE BOOK VALUE IS AT R16000. BUT THEY ARE UNAVAILABLE TO BUY. MINE IS IN MINT CONDITION, IT DOES NOT HAVE CRAZING CHIPS OR ANY DAMAGE.YOU WILL NOT FIND THIS AGAIN IN A HURRY R4999
I AM OPEN TO ALL REASONABLE OFFER ...POSTAGE R300 COURIER TO YOUR DOOR ONLY.
Royal Doulton of England are world-renowned for their creative and highly collectible lines of character jugs, toby jugs and derivative items. The tradition of the Toby as a drinking vessel dates back to the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and featured the full figure of a man in a seating or standing position. Most of the first jugs created by Royal Doulton were in the traditional toby jug style. It was the 1930's when Doulton designer Charles Noke conceived of focusing more on the face of a character that Royal Doulton coined the name "Character jug" as a way to differentiate their jugs from the traditional style of toby jug. At the urging of designer Max Henk in the 1950's, the handles began to play an important part of the aesthetics of the jug. It was then plain handles started to be replaced with decorative handles which portrayed something relevant to the character depicted.This jug on offer is one of the most highly sought after and valued of the Royal Doulton character jugs. It was designed by famed Doulton art director Charles J. Noke. It was the first double sided jug to be created and there was not another double sided jug createdÃÂÂÂ for fifty years. The jug was first issued in 1937 and was only produced for 11 years. The value of this jug is R15500. This jug has the famed verse on the bottom translated from Francois Rabelais The Quarter Delivers which reads: