Comments on: Toby Jugs – Will the real Toby Philpot please stand up?

By: Sandy

Sandy — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 01:20:46 +0000

Hi, Sorry – I need to correct my post. One is a Shorter & son: a man with a fiddle sitting on a pig, and the other is Burlington: a man standing, wearing a green jacket and yellow vest with a black and white scowling dog. I have searched ebay, but don’t know what their “names” are. Can anyone help?

By: Sandy

Sandy — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 01:18:11 +0000

Hi, I have two Shorter and sons toby jugs from my mother. One is a man with a fiddle sitting on a pig, and the other is a man standing, wearing a green jacket and yellow vest with a black and white scowling dog. I have searched ebay, but don’t know what their “names” are. Can anyone help?

By: andy

andy — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 13:34:40 +0000

Hi Serenity
karooch is right,check the market value via a site….ebay is the busiest. I have a Chelsea Pensioner by Shorter that I bought athome in S. Africa and paid equivalent of 12 quid…..maybe thats a help to you.

Bought a Victorian ”ordinary” Toby for a steal earlier……I enjoy this hobby,just hope the kids want my vast collection when I ”croak”!!!!!

Andy

By: karooch

karooch — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 00:13:45 +0000

Hi Serenity. I am not an appraiser. I suggest the best way to get a check on the market value of a piece is to do a search on ebay sold items for the Shorter Chelsea Pensioner and get a feeling for what people are currently paying for them.

By: Serenity Forsythe

Serenity Forsythe — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 21:20:34 +0000

My mother has one of these Toby Jugs and is wondering how much it is worth and any additional info on it.
She has the Chelsea Pensioner, pictured above to the far left. She thinks it’s about 4 inches tall.

Thank you,
Seren

By: Raymond Fillpot

Raymond Fillpot — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 02:02:25 +0000

Your article and the responses were delightful and informative reading.
My name is Fillpot, and I am in quest of a Toby Fillpot mug. Can you help me locate one.
The name is spelled Fillpot, Philpott, and Philpot. I believe the original Toby Mug was spelled Fillpot, but I am not sure about that.
The Philpot pigs have more curl in their tails than the Fillpot pigs.
There a are also many more Philpots and Philpotta in the U.S. than Fillpots.
Most Fi’s are west of the Mississippi. Raymond Fillpot

By: karooch

karooch — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 13:23:44 +0000

Ahh, Andy. That’s what eBay’s for.

By: andy

andy — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 07:48:20 +0000

Well I’m glad to see I’m not the only one with a Toby fascination!! Pals tell me I’m a sad and lost soul collecting them….I’m in my early 50,s and I remind my pals that this ”mid lifer” hobby beats the heck out of buying a Harley,dumping the wife for a bimbo and growin’ a ponytail!! My collection includes a few snufftakers from 1850 as well as an ”across the board” collection of 40 or so Tobys. They are alluring,manly and handsome….each one can tell stories,if they could,of families they watched over from their mantlepiece!!! I a South African so battle a bit to acquire them…not too many here!!

By: Bill Philpot

Bill Philpot — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:14:48 +0000

You may be interested in this 17th century poem I dug up a few months ago:

Dear Tom this brown jug that now foams with mild ale,
(In which I will drink to sweet Nan of the vale,)
Was once Toby Fillpot, a thirsty old soul,
As e’er drank a bottle or fathom’d a bowl.
In boozing about ‘twas his praise to excel,
And among jolly topers he bore off the bell.

Bill Philpot

By: Dick Cumberworth

Dick Cumberworth — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:58:38 +0000

I have a Wood & Sons Toby Philpot that I have been trying to get some info on to no avail. There is no formal name like on Royal Dalton pieces but a black stamp ( “TOBY” by Wood & Sons,England and glazed over. Also, there is a #4 indented on the bottom. Thanks for your comments! P.S. Off the internet, I find this…Ralph, the eldest born 1715 achieved renoun about 1750 with his now rare Staffordshire figures, especiallyhis delightful Toby Jugs genuine examples of which are now ‘museum pieces.