These adorably stout little guys are called Tobies. A Toby is a figural ceramic / earthenware piece, often a pitcher or jug, moulded into the form of a popular character. Often, these characters are historical in nature, such as Winston Churchill, but the original Tobies date back to the 1760's shortly after the invention of transferware and were made in the form of jovial, stout men dressed in clothing of the period: knee length breaches, waistcoat, tricorn hat, frock coat, neckerchief and black buckle shoes, often seated, puffing away on a pipe and almost always clutching onto a pitcher or jug of frothy ale. A Four Piece "Toby Jug" Cruet Set, probably Prestonpans, 19th century, comprising pepper pot, salt, vinegar and mustard. These cruet sets are most often attributed to one of the potteries in the town of Prestonpans, east of Edinburgh, in Scotland. This was an an ideal location for the development of potteries as early as the 17th centu