Rip Van Winkle D6785 (Colorway) – Large – Royal Doulton Character Jug

Royal Doulton Character Jug, Rip Van Winkle Colorway D6785 (black cap, green robes, figure dressed in black). Designed by Geoff Blower. Series: Characters from Literature, issued 1987 in limited edition of 1,000. Size: 7″H (large)

In 1820, the American writer Washington Irving wrote the story of Rip Van Winkle, based on legends he had heard from Dutch settlers. While walking in the Catskill Mountains of New York, Rip drinks a fairy potion, falls asleep for 20 years and wakes to find an unrecognizable world.