A Royal Doulton 'George Robey' Toby jug and cover c.1925

A Royal Doulton 'George Robey' Toby jug and cover c.1925, modelled as the Music Hall actor in his stage costume of a baggy black suit with red spotted handkerchief and bamboo cane, his face painted with his trademark thick black eyebrows, titled to the base, printed mark, 27cm. Together with two books: Peter Cotes, 'George Robey', and James Harding 'George Robey & The Music Hall'. (4)

Sir George Edward Wade, CBE (1869-1954), known on the circuit as George Robey, was a popular English actor, singer and comedian on the Music Hall circuit, venturing into film in the inter war years.