Two Staffordshire 'Martha Gunn' Toby Jugs, circa 1810-20Two Staffordshire 'Martha Gunn' Toby Jugs, circa 1810-20Modelled seated and holding a foaming jug and a cup, their black hats worn over white mob caps, one wearing a purple dress trimmed with a light blue collar, the other with a sprigged dress, purple collar and yellow apron, 22.8cm high (2)ProvenanceJames and Timmey Challenger Collection, ChicagoMartha Gunn was the most famous of the Brighton 'dippers', responsible for assisting the bathers on Brighton beach. Her notoriety was due to her reported friendship with the Prince of Wales who first visited the town in 1783.