Tam O'Shanter
Jug
1835-1840 (made)
1835-1840 (made)
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Jug of smear-glazed buff stoneware, moulded. Truncated conical shape with a spreading lip and gadrooned base drawn into a low pedestal foot. Over-arching handle in the form of an arm clasping a horse's tail. Moulded in relief with, on one side, a man in Scottish dress lighting his pipe by a fireside and men behind him carousing on an ale bench. On the other side is Tam O'Shanter riding his horse across a bridge pursued by witches, one of whom grasps the horse's tail. A wreath of thistle runs horizontally below the neck and the lip is decorated on either side with a leaf scroll.
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Title | Tam O'Shanter (manufacturer's title) |
Materials and techniques | Smear-glazed buff stoneware, moulded in relief |
Brief description | 'Tam-O'Shanter' jug of smear-glazed buff stoneware, moulded in relief, made at the factory of W. Ridgway & Co., Hanley, 1835-1840. |
Physical description | Jug of smear-glazed buff stoneware, moulded. Truncated conical shape with a spreading lip and gadrooned base drawn into a low pedestal foot. Over-arching handle in the form of an arm clasping a horse's tail. Moulded in relief with, on one side, a man in Scottish dress lighting his pipe by a fireside and men behind him carousing on an ale bench. On the other side is Tam O'Shanter riding his horse across a bridge pursued by witches, one of whom grasps the horse's tail. A wreath of thistle runs horizontally below the neck and the lip is decorated on either side with a leaf scroll. |
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Credit line | Bequeathed by Brigadier W.E.Clark CMG, DSO through Art Fund |
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Literary reference | 'Tam O'Shanter' by Robert Burns |
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Accession number | C.40-1969 |
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Record created | March 31, 2008 |
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