a large DANNY BOY toby jug by Kingston Pottery of Hull (c.1980). Excellent condition.

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For sale is a large toby jug made by Kingston Pottery of Hull and is titled DANNY BOY. The name Danny Boy is moulded onto the front of the chest on which he is seated.

Kingston Pottery produced three series of character/toby jugs between 1978 and 1982; these being English Royalty with each chosen character being of some notoriety, Charles Dickens' characters and lastly, characters assoicated with Irish songs of which Danny Boy is one of four. The other characters in this third series were Phil the Fluter, Molly Malone and Mother Machree. The third series including Danny Boy were produced from 1980 to 1982.

Kingston Pottery was established during the mid-1970's by brothers John and Herbert Love, both of whom has extensive previous experience in the pottery retail business around Hull. Kingston Pottery began on a small scale and the business rapidly expanded on the success of it product sales which included earthenware, fine bone china, animal and human figurines and from 1978 character and toby jugs. During 1984 the business went into rapid financial decline due to a combination of becoming financially over-stretched and consequences of the long-running coal miners strike from December 1984. Relying heavily on coal for their kilns, Kingston Pottery has to import far inferior coal and at a far higher cost as well. In June 1985 Kingston Pottery went into receivership and the business broken up and each part sold as a going concern.

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DESCRIPTION:
Size: about 9 3/4" height (250mm).
Finish: hand-painted in various colours.
Material(s): slip-cast white earthenware.
Imprint: KINGSTON POTTERY HULL - MADE IN ENGLAND. See photos.
Weight (excluding transit packaging): about 575g
Approximate age: 1980 to 1982.

CONDITION:
Excellent clean condition. No damage. Some light glaze crazing as expected.
Please see photograph(s), these form part of the description.

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POSTAGE:
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RETURNS:
* Return accepted if the item(s) is returned in same condition it left me, then the full Agreed Asking Price will be refunded. Postal costs are not refundable.
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