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  Auld Mac
Bone China
Mini D6253 - Royal Doulton Character Jug, Auld Mac (Bone China) D6253 (green tam; brown coat). Designed by Harry Fenton, issued 1946 - 1985. Size: 2.25"H (mini)

A song by Sir Harry Lauder, a 20th-century singer and comedian, called "Bang Went Sixpence." inspired this piece. In it a Scotsman named Mac found the prices too high in London because every time he made a move, "band went sixpence," which is incised on the back of his tam, below "Auld Mac."
  Bootmaker
Bone China
Mini D6586 - Royal Doulton Character Jug, Bootmaker (Bone China) D6586 (salmon cap; white shirt). Designed by David B. Biggs. Series: Characters from Williamsburg, issued 1963 -1983. Size: 2.5"H (mini)
  Gunsmith
Bone China
Mini D6587 - Royal Doulton Character Jug, Gunsmith (Bone China) D6587 (black hat; cream shirt; light brown apron). Designed by David B. Biggs. Series: Characters from Williamsburg, issued 1963 - 1983. Size: 2.5"H (Mini)
  Lawyer
Bone China
Mini D6524 - Royal Doulton Character Jug, Lawyer (Bone China) D6524 (grey wig; black robes; white shirt). Designed by Max Henk, issued 1960-1991. Size: 2.5"H (mini)
  Long John Silver
Bone China
Mini D6512 - Royal Doulton Character Jug, Long John Silver (Bone China) D6512 (maroon shirt; green and grey parrot). Designed by Max Henk. Series: Characters from Literature, issued 1960 - 1991. Size: 2.5"H (mini)

This scoundrel and pirate from Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island" had a wooden leg and a parrot companion. Together with the boy-hero Jim Hawkins, he set sail in a hair- raising search for buried treasure.
  Mad Hatter
Bone China
Mini D6606 - Royal Doulton Character Jug, Mad Hatter (Bone China) D6606 (black hat; dark red bow tie). Designed by Max Henk. Series: Alice in Wonderland, issued 1965 - 1983. Size: 2.5"H (Mini)

A character from Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," the Mad Hatter wears a watch that tells time in months, rather than in hours.
  Old Charley
Bone China
Mini D6046 - Royal Doulton Character Jug, Old Charley (Bone China) D6046 (brown hat; dark green coat; blue polka-dot bow tie). Designed by Charles Noke, issued 1939 - 1983. Size: 2.25"H (mini)

"Ten o'clock and all's well" was the familiar call of the Charlies, watchmen who originated during the reign of Charles II and were named after him. They enjoyed a history of almost two hundred years, before being replaced in the early 1800's by a version of the present-day policeman.
  Town Crier
Bone China
Mini D6544 - Royal Doulton Character Jug, Town Crier (Bone China) D6544 (black hat trimmed with gold; scarlet coat trimmed with gold). Designed by David B. Biggs, issued 1960 - 1974. Size: 2.5"H (mini)
  Ugly Duchess
Bone China
Mini D6607 - Royal Doulton Character Jug, Ugly Duchess (Bone China) D6607 (green, purple, and pink coloration). Designed by Max Henk. Series: Alice in Wonderland, issued 1965 - 1973. Size: 2.5"H (mini)

The Ugly Duchess lives in Wonderland and plays croquet with the Queen. Alice found the game a curious one, with live hedgehogs for balls, flamingoes for mallets and playing-card soldiers, who doubled over to serve as the arches.
  Bacchus
Bone China
Mini D6521 - Royal Doulton Character Jug, Bacchus (Bone China) D6521 (maroon robes; green leaves and purple grapes adorn the head). Designed by Max Henk, issued 1960 - 1991. Size: 2.5"H (mini)

In Greek and Roman mythology, Bacchus was the god of wine and nature, inspiring men and women to appreciate music and poetry. "Bacchanalia" the harvest celebrations to honor him, were reputed to be such orgies of excess that the Roman government had them banned. Some of the earlier versions of the miniature jug had the leaves on the vine handle painted green.
  Catherine Parr
Mini D6752 - Royal Doulton Character Jug, Catherine Parr D6752 (black, brown and gold coloration). Designed by Michael Abberley. Series: Henry VIII and His Six Wives; Royalty, issued 1987 - 1989. Size: 2.5"H (mini)

Catherine Parr (1512 - 1548) became Henry VIII's last wife on July 12, 1543, after being twice widowed. She came to wield considerable power in the royal court, serving for a time as Queen regent in 1544 and overseeing the start of Edward VI's reign. After Henry's death in 1547, she married Baron Seymour of Sudeley, but died during childbirth the following year.