Robert Burns– 1759–1796
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This page has transfers from Moore & Co's Wear Pottery. They were likely commissioned in 1859 for the centenary of his birth. The portrait transfer is after a painting by Alexander Nasmyth in 1787 in the National Galleries of Scotland collection. There is also a very rare series of round transfers with scenes from Burns' poetry. I have recorded three to date, but there may be others. They appear in conjunction with other transfers with Moore & Co printed marks. I've included examples from other potteries at the end of this page. |
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Sunderland pottery
Moore & Co, Wear Pottery, Southwick
Although the bowl below is marked 'SCOTT' it has decoration very typical of Moore's pottery. The Southwick Pottery (Scott's) supplied its neighbour, Moore's, with 'blanks' for decoration. The Great Eastern transfer is copied from an image in the Illustrated London News in 1859.
Below, the transfer on a jug with a lustred collar again typical of Moore's.
Scotch Drink
Aft, clad in massy siller weed,
Wi' gentles thou erects thy head;
Yet, humbly kind in time o' need,
The poor man's wine:
His wee drap parritch, or his bread,
Thou kitchens fine.
Wi' gentles thou erects thy head;
Yet, humbly kind in time o' need,
The poor man's wine:
His wee drap parritch, or his bread,
Thou kitchens fine.
Tam o' Shanter
O Tam! hadst thou but been sae wise,
As ta’en thy ain wife Kate’s advice!
She taul thee weel thou was a skellum,
A blethering, blustering, drunken blellum;
That frae November till October,
Ae market-day thou was nae sober;
As ta’en thy ain wife Kate’s advice!
She taul thee weel thou was a skellum,
A blethering, blustering, drunken blellum;
That frae November till October,
Ae market-day thou was nae sober;
The Author's Earnest Cry
Nae cauld, faint-hearted doubtings tease him;
Death comes, wi' fearless eye he sees him;
Wi' bluidy han' a welcome gies him;
An' when he fa's,
His latest draught o' breathin lea'es him
In faint huzzas.
Death comes, wi' fearless eye he sees him;
Wi' bluidy han' a welcome gies him;
An' when he fa's,
His latest draught o' breathin lea'es him
In faint huzzas.
Dixon, Austin & Co, Sunderland Pottery
On the Seas and Far Away
A hand-painted Burns' verse with an inscription for 1836.
On the seas and far away,
On stormy seas and far away,
Nightly dreams and thoughts by day,
Are aye with him that's far away.
On stormy seas and far away,
Nightly dreams and thoughts by day,
Are aye with him that's far away.
Tyneside pottery
Attributed to Robert Maling's Ouseburn Bridge Pottery, Newcastle
Man Was Made to Mourn – a Dirge
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Yet, let not this too much, my son,
Disturb thy youthful breast:
This partial view of human-kind
Is surely not the last!
The poor, oppressed, honest man
Had never, sure, been born,
Had there not been some recompense
To comfort those that mourn!
Disturb thy youthful breast:
This partial view of human-kind
Is surely not the last!
The poor, oppressed, honest man
Had never, sure, been born,
Had there not been some recompense
To comfort those that mourn!
Thanks to Ian Holmes for identifying this verse. It appears on Robert Maling-attributed jugs from the late 1830s.
Attributed to one of the Scottish potteries
For a' That and a' That
The bowl below, with snippets of Burns' verses, was likely made by one of the East Coast Scottish potteries.
What tho' on hamely fare we dine,
Wear hoddin-gray, an' a' that;
Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine,
A man's a man for a' that.
For a' that, an' a' that,
Their tinsel show an' a' that;
The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor,
Is king o' men for a' that.
Wear hoddin-gray, an' a' that;
Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine,
A man's a man for a' that.
For a' that, an' a' that,
Their tinsel show an' a' that;
The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor,
Is king o' men for a' that.
Honest Lads and Bonnie Lassies has shades of Tam o' Shanter.
This truth fand honest Tam o’ Shanter,
As he frae Ayr ae night did canter,
(Auld Ayr, wham ne’er a town surpasses,
For honest men and bonny lasses.)
Boast not thy self is a scripture verse Proverbs 27: 1
This truth fand honest Tam o’ Shanter,
As he frae Ayr ae night did canter,
(Auld Ayr, wham ne’er a town surpasses,
For honest men and bonny lasses.)
Boast not thy self is a scripture verse Proverbs 27: 1