Lot 48
WEMYSS WARE
SCARCE 'EARLSHALL' MUG, CIRCA 1907
Auction: 18 April 2012 at 12:00 BST
Description
decorated allover with birds and flowering plants and with central panel bearing the inscription MANS CHIEF AND HIGHEST END MUST BE/ GODS GLORY TO PROMOTE AND SEE/ TO GLORIFY HIM AND POSSESS/ IN HIM ETERNAL BLESSEDNESS/ SANCT SERFS/ ANNO 1907, impressed mark WEMYSS, printed mark WEMYSS WARE/ RH&S
Dimensions
14.5cm high
Footnote
Note: This mug is decorated with a religious text and hand-painted motifs influenced by Earlshall Castle in Fife. Earlshall Castle was the home of R. W. R. Mackenzie, a successful merchant. He held fairs in aid of local charities at the castle, and the Fife Pottery produced a series of Wemyss designs for sale at these fairs. A similar mug is held in the collections of the Royal Museum of Scotland, catalogue no. 000-100-103-124-C