{"product_id":"d6265-royal-doulton-toby-jug-sam-weller-dickens-series-3","title":"D6265 Royal Doulton toby jug Sam Weller | Dickens series | #2","description":"\u003cp\u003eRoyal Doulton small toby jug Sam Weller D6265\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDesigner: Harry Fenton\u003cbr\u003eIssued: 1948 - 1960\u003cbr\u003eFrom the Dickens Tobies series\u003cbr\u003eMade in England GUARANTEED\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eApprox 11.5cm (4 1\/2\") tall\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn excellent condition\u003cbr\u003eGUARANTEED free from damage and repair\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Sam Weller\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eSam Weller is a fictional character in The Pickwick Papers (1836-37), the first novel by Charles Dickens, and the character that made Dickens famous. A humorous Cockney bootblack, Sam Weller first appeared in the fourth serialised episode. Previously the monthly parts of the book had been doing badly, selling only about 1,000 copies a month — but the humour of the character transformed the book into a publishing phenomenon, raising the sales by late autumn of 1837 to 40,000 a month.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn chapter 10 of the novel, the eponymous hero of the novel, Mr. Pickwick, meets Sam Weller working at the White Hart Inn in The Borough and soon takes him on as a personal servant and companion on his travels. Initially, Sam Weller accepts the job as Pickwick offered a good salary and a new set of fine clothes. However, as the novel progresses, Sam becomes deeply attached to Mr. Pickwick, with the relationship between the idealistic and unworldly Pickwick and the astute cockney Weller being likened to that between Don Quixote and Sancho Panza.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Royal Doulton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68165110661348,"sku":"RA-0014608_A","price":175.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0070\/9528\/7908\/files\/D6265_samweller_2a.jpg?v=1794012797","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutantiques.com.au\/products\/d6265-royal-doulton-toby-jug-sam-weller-dickens-series-3","provider":"Roundabout Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}