Burns and his Mary: Robert Burns (1759-1796) and Mary Campbell his 'Highland Mary' (1763-1786)
Staffordshire Pottery
Category
Ceramics
Date
1830 - 1870
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
308 mm (H)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 341662
Summary
Ceramic, Staffordshire, Burns and his Mary: Robert Burns (1759-1796) and Mary Campbell his 'Highland Mary' (1763-1786), Staffordshire Pottery. Ful-length Staffordshire figures of Robert Burns, standing, bare-headed, with his left arm round Mary's shoulders. A tree (spill-holder) behind him.
Provenance
part of collection built up by Thomas Balston (d.1967). He wrote about the collection in Staffordshire Portrait Figures of the Victorian Age, 1958.
Marks and inscriptions
BURNS / AND HIS / MARY (raised caps.)
Makers and roles
Staffordshire Pottery, potter