Toby
Jugs were
first made popular in England around 1762. A Staffordshire
potter named Ralph Wood seems to be responsible for the idea.
The Early jugs depicted a jolly, stout, seated man, holding
a stein and wearing an English tricorn, a corner of which
served as a spout.

The
whole was fashioned in clay. The Toby Jug was also called a
Fillpot and both names were probably derived from Toby Philpot,
the drunken character in the 18th Century song "Little
Brown Jug," that was popular in England and America.