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Trumans Brewery Advertising Figure - A Truman Brewery advertising bar display figure depicting the jolly sailor character in a dynamic pose. The figure is constructed from a painted composite material and stands on a hollow cream-coloured base. The character is dressed in an 18th-century style red frock coat with yellow trim, a purple sash, a white ruffled collar, and a navy blue tricorne hat. He holds a black beer bottle aloft in his right hand. The front of the base features the blue block lettering TRUMANS and the side is printed with the slogan for over 300 years. The figure is supported by a central metal rod secured into a weighted grey core within the base. Internal fragments of newsprint are visible within the core, showing partial printed text including who was and s grea.