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A pair of early 19thC cast iron polychrome painted door stops.
They depict two figures drinking; based upon the characters from Robbie Burns poem Tam O’Shanter. The extract below gives the mood;

“But to our tale:-- Ae market-night,
Tam had got planted unco right;
Fast by an ingle, bleezing finely,
Wi' reaming swats, that drank divinely
And at his elbow, Souter Johnny,
His ancient, trusty, drouthy crony;
Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither--
They had been fou for weeks thegither!
The night drave on wi' sangs and clatter
And ay the ale was growing better:
The landlady and Tam grew gracious,
wi' favours secret,sweet and precious
The Souter tauld his queerest stories;
The landlord's laugh was ready chorus:
The storm without might rair and rustle,
Tam did na mind the storm a whistle.”

Likely cast in Scotland C.1830-40

  • Period:
    • Price: £320.00
    • €380 Euro
    • $390 US Dollar
  • Location: Cumbria
    • Dimensions: H: 26cm (10.24in)
    • W: 15cm (5.91in)
    • D: 5cm (1.97in)