Modelled by Ernest Bailey for the Staffordshire potters Burgess & Leigh (aka 'Burleighware') this original wartime Toby Jug was the first to associate Churchill with the British bulldog. The base carries the backstamp:

JOHN BULL CHURCHILL 1940. WE SHALL DEFEND EVERY VILLAGE, EVERY TOWN AND EVERY CITY'

Scarce Bulldogs Toby Jug
by Burgess & Liegh, Burslem, circa 1941
Height 11 ins (WC10)
Price: £825 (GBP)

Winston Churchill