Toby jug

 
Pronunciation: /ˈtəʊbi ʤʌɡ/

noun

chiefly British
  • a beer jug or mug in the form of a stout old man wearing a three-cornered hat.

Origin:

mid 19th century: pet form of the given name Tobias, and said to come from an 18th-century poem about Toby Philpot (with a pun on fill pot), a soldier who liked to drink