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Teapot

Description

Wemyss ware teapot and cover, hand painted with two black cockerels with red combs crowing at the sunrise and inscribed 'Many Are Called But Few Rise Early', by Robert Heron and Son, Fife Pottery, Kirkcaldy, c. 1883 - 1930

Museum reference

H.1994.96

Collection

Decorative and Applied Art

Object name

Teapot, Teapot cover

Production information

Robert Heron and Son, 1882 - 1916
Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

c. 1883 - 1930

Materials

Earthenware

Physical description

Thrown earthenware, underglaze painted and glazed

Associations

Collector and owner: Davis, Peter Hadland, Professor, 1918 - 1992
Thomas Goode and Company, founded 1827

References

Wemyss Ware, pl.312b

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