Tam O Shanter and Souter Johnny: GPL.201-1928

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Tam O Shanter and Souter Johnny

Maker(s)

Factory: Bates, Brown-Westhead, Moore & Co.
Engraver: Austin, Jesse

Entities

Pot lid

Categories

Lead-glazed earthenware

Description

White earthenware, moulded and decorated underglaze with a multicolour transfer print. Circular. On top of lid 'Tam O Shanter and Souter Johnny', inscribed 'TAM O SHANTER & SOUTER JOHNNY'; black key plate; vignetted.

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 10.3 cm

Place(s) associated

Shelton ⪼ Staffordshire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

19th Century, Mid-Late
Victoria I
Circa 1859 CE - 1900 CE

Note

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.

School or Style

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration

Materials used in production

Glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Moulding : White earthenware, moulded and decorated underglaze with a multicolour transfer print, black key plate
Glazing (coating)

Inscription or legends present

Text: TAM O SHANTER & SOUTER JOHNNY
Location: On top of pot-lid
Method of creation: Printed

Text: 288/AUG.26.1924/W.W.
Method of creation: Inscribed
Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

Staffordshire Pot Lids and their Potters page(s): p. 139
The Price Guide to Pot-Lids and other Underglaze Multicolour Prints on Ware page(s): p. 210
Pot-Lids and Other Coloured Printed Staffordshire Wares, Reference & Price Guide page(s): p. 104

Identification numbers

Accession number: GPL.201-1928
Primary reference Number: 14905
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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