A WEMYSS WARE 'FAIR MAID OF PERTH' JUG
EARLY 20TH CENTURY
£220
Scottish Silver & Applied Arts
Auction: 15 August 2018 at 11:00 BST
Description
painted on a yellow ground, painted mark WEMYSS (restored rim)
Dimensions
21.5cm high
Footnote
Literature: McNeill, Carol, 'Kirkcaldy Potteries', Fife Council, 1998, p.37
Note: The 'Fair Maid of Perth' jug was made for a fair in 1906 to raise money for Perth City and County Conservative Association; special lines were also made for the Randolph Wemyss Memorial Hospital fetes.