They Paint Toby Jugs So They Can Marry The faster Phyllis Richard 24, and Tom Barns 32, paint Toby jugs, the sooner they can get married. They do their courting at New Haw Surrey, painting jugs at sixpence a time - and Know the art of painting in a row of eye brows with one sweep of the brush. A director of the firm that makes the jugs says "An experienced painter can complete about ninety jugs a week, on part time work at home. One evening a week we hold a painting class in the factory to instruct part time workers how to line-up model footballers or Toby jugs. May 31, 1949. (Photo by Daily Mirror).