Diane Winters on wed 11 may 05
canonized
> Noticed a fascinating old pitcher at a neighbor's home this evening. It
> is an old little pitcher with faux green bricks on the belly and old
> English script at the neck about canonizing St. Jim Crow. The straight
> area above has a painting of monks, candles, etc. Appears to be hand
> painted.
I can't tell you anything about the pitcher, but I just googled and came up
with the story behind St. Jim Crow. Interesting.
http://www.takeourword.com/TOW157/page2.html
(scroll about 2/3 of the way down the page - you'll see a picture and the
story)
Diane ("with the googoogoogly eyes" [and a nod to Bruce Girrell] Winters
Susan Park on thu 12 may 05
canonized
Thank you. That added a nice bit to what I also learned on line. There
is at least one on ebay if anyone is curious. Apparently, in the 1st
decade of 1900, Royal Doulton (sp?) created an entire line of pieces
based on the poem "The Jackdaw of Rhiems". At the end of this poem, the
reformed and now pious formerly thieving crow is canonized as Saint Jim
Crow. The poem was written before 1850, so now I am truly curious about
the popularity of this poem that would inspire an entire line of
pottery. ....love art history!
Thanks all!
Susan near Seattle
-----Original Message-----
From: Clayart [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG] On Behalf Of Diane
Winters
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 11:05 PM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Re: Any info on an older pitcher - royal d re. Jim Crow being
canonized
> Noticed a fascinating old pitcher at a neighbor's home this evening.
It
> is an old little pitcher with faux green bricks on the belly and old
> English script at the neck about canonizing St. Jim Crow. The straight
> area above has a painting of monks, candles, etc. Appears to be hand
> painted.
I can't tell you anything about the pitcher, but I just googled and
came up
with the story behind St. Jim Crow. Interesting.
http://www.takeourword.com/TOW157/page2.html
(scroll about 2/3 of the way down the page - you'll see a picture and
the
story)
Diane ("with the googoogoogly eyes" [and a nod to Bruce Girrell] Winters
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