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WEMYSS WARE SCARCE `EARLSHALL` MUG, CIRCA 1907 decorated allover with birds and flowering plants
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WEMYSS WARE SCARCE `EARLSHALL` MUG, CIRCA 1907 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 14.5cm high
Provenance: 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
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WEMYSS WARE SCARCE `EARLSHALL` MUG, CIRCA 1907 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 14.5cm high
Provenance: 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
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United Kingdom
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