Lot 158
WEMYSS WARE
LARGE EARLSHALL 'HUNTING' MUG
Auction: 24 January 2024 from 10:00 GMT
£756
Description
glazed earthenware, impressed WEMYSS
Dimensions
14cm high
Footnote
Literature: Davis P. et al Wemyss Ware: A Decorative Scottish Pottery Scottish Academic Press, 1986, p.127, fig. 277, where a similar example is illustrated.
Note: Earlshall patterns on Wemyss Ware were painted with designs based on the formal gardens and surrounding landscape at 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.