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Toby Jug
Toby jugs were English beer mugs in the form of standing or sitting Englishmen. They were first manufactured in Staffordshire in the 1760s. Toby jugs were extremely popular in Russia and produced in large quantities by the Gardner Factory and other private manufactories from the 1780s.
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