Smuts D6198 – Large – Royal Doulton Character Jug

Lieutenant-General Jan Christian Smuts was born in 1870 and educated at Christs College in Cambridge. Upon graduating he became a member of the Cape bar, and subsequently Attorney-General of the Transvaal. During the South African War, Smuts fought first as a private, but soon rose to the rank of General and proved himself one of the most resourceful of the Boer leaders. After the Union, he became Bothas right-hand man. His brilliant record of service in the war–in German S.W. Africa and in German East Africa–is well known.

A South African attorney, military man and politician, Jan Christian Smuts (1870 – 1950) served as a member of the British War Cabinet in World War I and was one of the authors of the Covenant of the League of Nations. In 1945, after again serving the Allies in World War II, Smuts is credited with writing the preamble to the Charter of the United Nations. He became the Prime Minister of South Africa in 1919 and again in 1939. This jug is extremely rare, it was only produced from 1946 – 1948.