item details
NameToby jug (Robert Muldoon)
ProductionRobert Wallace; artist; circa 1980; New Zealand
ClassificationToby jugs
Materialsceramic, glaze
Materials Summaryglazed ceramic vessel
DimensionsOverall: 110mm (width), 125mm (height), 168mm (depth)
Registration NumberGH023163
Credit linePurchased 2012
Overview
This toby jug caricatures Robert Muldoon (1921-1992), National Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1975-1981.
Its original attribution to Peter Lange, brother of David Lange, Muldoon's successor, was denied by the artist. Robert Wallace, the jug's artist, is a Nelson based potter.