William Ridgway & Co, Tam O'Shanter, 1835
- Title(s):
Tam O'Shanter.
- Published/Created:
- Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England, 1835.
- Physical Description:
- 1 jug : relief-molded tan stoneware, glazed ; height 13 cm (including handle), width 11 cm (including handle), depth 10 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsParks Jug 42Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961View by request in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/14626179
- Classification:
- Three-Dimensional Artifacts
- Notes:
- Impressed on bottom: "Published by W Ridgway & Co, Hanley, October 1, 1835." Also impressed: '8' and '30'.
Title from Hughes's Collector's guide.
Hughes, Kathy. Collector's guide to nineteenth-century jugs, v. 1, no. 26
Henrywood, R. K. Relief-moulded jugs, 1820-1900, pages 65-66
One side of the jug depicts Tam O'Shanter (from the Robert Burns poem) drinking with friends in a pub. The other side depicts Tam O'Shanter on a horse fleeing from a single witch. "The smaller size jugs have only one witch, the larger ones have two ..."--Hughes. - Subject Terms:
- Drinking of alcoholic beverages.Horses.Parks, Stephen -- Provenance.Witches.
- Form/Genre:
- Jugs (vessels)
Stoneware (pottery)
Ceramic (material)
Molding (forming)
Glazed ceramic ware (visual works) - Export:
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