Jug, Tam O'Shanter
Decorative Arts and Design
MEDIUM
Stoneware and white metal
DATES
ca. 1835
DIMENSIONS
11 x 9 1/2 x 8 in. (27.9 x 24.1 x 20.3 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
impressed on the bottom; "4"/Published by / (W. RIDGWAY& CO.)/HANLEY./October 1, 1835"/ "+".
SIGNATURE
not signed
INSCRIPTIONS
no inscriptions
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
1994.158.1
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Gretchen Adkins
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Pitcher with hinged pewter lid. Tam O'Shanter jug in unglazed buff earthenware; angular bellied form. Inside and handle glazed. Modeled C-shaped handle, separately molded and applied. High molded relief decoration on front and back of scenes based on illustrations by Landseer, engraved by Thomson & Slader. People in tavern smoking, drinking and talking. On other side a horseman is trying to escape over a bridge in the woods. Two spirits follow him: one holding the horse's tail; the other holding a broom. On the neck of the pitcher is a wreath of thistles and leaves and then a band of fluted decoration. Along the rim are scrolls. On the base is a lambrequin decoration. The handle, which terminates in acanthus leaves, consists of an arm and a hand holding onto the horse's tail. The lid opens with a fleur-de-lis finial.
Condition: Normal wear. Corrosion. to metal lid and edges near hinge are bent. Handle has been broken and reattached with old staple-repair at lower junction.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
William Ridgway & Co. (1834â1854). Jug, Tam O'Shanter, ca. 1835. Stoneware and white metal, 11 x 9 1/2 x 8 in. (27.9 x 24.1 x 20.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Gretchen Adkins, 1994.158.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1994.158.1_PS5.jpg)
IMAGE
profile, 1994.158.1_PS5.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2012
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