Royal Doulton 8328A Falstaff Small Toy Jug

~ Royal Doulton 8328A Falstaff Small Toy Jug ~

The Sir John Falstaff jug was designed by Charles Nokes in 1936. It is backed stamped for Royal Doulton and interestingly, the design was registered in Australia.

~ Sir John Falstaff ~

Sir John Falstaff is a fictional character who appears in three plays by William Shakespeare and is eulogized in a fourth. His significance as a fully developed character is primarily formed in the plays Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2, where he is a companion to Prince Hal, the future King Henry V of England. A notable eulogy for Falstaff is presented in Act II, Scene III of Henry V, where Falstaff does not appear as a character on stage, as enacted by Mistress Quickly in terms that some scholars have ascribed to Plato's description of the death of Socrates after drinking hemlock. By comparison, Falstaff is presented as the buffoonish suitor of two married women in The Merry Wives of Windsor.

Though primarily a comic figure, Falstaff still embodies a kind of depth common to Shakespeare's major characters. A fat, vain, boastful, and cowardly knight, he spends most of his time drinking at the Boar's Head Inn with petty criminals, living on stolen or borrowed money. Falstaff leads the apparently wayward Prince Hal into trouble, and is ultimately repudiated after Hal becomes king.

~ Condition ~

All in good order. There is a rough patch on the right arm, where the glaze pinged off during firing.

~ Dimensions ~

The jug is 13.5 cm (5.25 inches) tall.

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