Tam O Shanter
Factory:
Bates, Brown-Westhead, Moore & Co.
Engraver:
Austin, Jesse
White earthenware, moulded and decorated underglaze with a multicolour transfer print. Circular. On top of lid 'Tam O Shanter'; black key plate; vignetted.
History note: No information
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 10.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century, Mid-Late
Victoria I
Circa
1859
CE
-
1900
CE
This subject was engraved by Jesse Austin in 1859 for the Burns Centenary. Later examples have black key plates. See Williams-Wood, Cyril, Staffordshire Pot Lids and Their Potters, London, 1972, pl. 55 and p. 90.
Decoration
Moulding
: White earthenware, moulded and decorated underglaze with a multicolour transfer print
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: GPL.200-1928
Primary reference Number: 14904
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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