https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/15322/fullJug with Tobagganing and Lacrosse1880sBo'Ness PotteryOverall: 5 1/2 × 4 5/16 × 2 3/8 in. (14 × 11 × 6 cm)Earthenware with brown transfer print from the “Canadian Sports” seriesThe Barbara and James Moscovich Collection of Canadian Historical ChinaG13.15.31Jug with brown transfer-print of early Canadian sports scenes depict figures playing lacrosse on one side and tobagganing on the other.
Canadian Sports
Scenes of sports reflecting the romance of Canadian outdoors and winters inspired the Scottish tableware manufacturer John Marshall and Co., Bo’ness Pottery. The source for these pictures may have been greeting cards published in the 1880s by Bennet and Co. This line was used in summer houses and cottages.
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