Lot 50
WEMYSS WARE
'WHITE BROOM' COMB TRAY
Auction: 24 January 2024 from 10:00 GMT
£454
Description
glazed earthenware, painted by James Sharp, painted and impressed maker’s mark WEMYSS
Dimensions
25.7cm across
Provenance
Provenance: William Forbes J.P. for Callendar House, Falkirk
Footnote
Literature: Davis P. et al Wemyss Ware: A Decorative Scottish Pottery Scottish Academic Press, 1986, p.111, fig. 222, where this example is illustrated.
Note: 'White Broom' pattern was purchased as wash sets and desk sets by William Forbes J.P. for Callendar House, Falkirk. Forbes was the grandson on the maternal side of the Seventh Earl of Wemyss and white broom was the family's cap badge. His paternal grandfather was Sir William Forbes of Callendar (1743–1815), a prosperous coppersmith and landowner.