Produced by Royal Doulton in 1984 as part of a Hollywood greats series (“The Celebrity Collection”), approximately 2,000 of this rare Clark Gable character jug were produced before approval was denied by the movie legend’s estate.
Painted in a brown and tan colorway, only about 100 of these hand-made, hand-decorated jugs, designed by Royal Doulton artist Stanley J. Taylor, are known to exist. Clark Gable is depicted with his signature amused smile, and the jug handle is modeled as a Golden Age of Hollywood movie camera entwined with film.