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A SCOTTISH TERRACOTTA BUST OF ROBERT BURNS (1759-1796)
Lot 234

A SCOTTISH TERRACOTTA BUST OF ROBERT BURNS (1759-1796)

BY J & M CRAIG, KILMARNOCK, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Closed26 September 2012

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GBP 1,250

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A SCOTTISH TERRACOTTA BUST OF ROBERT BURNS (1759-1796)
BY J & M CRAIG, KILMARNOCK, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Stamped 'J & M Craig/Proceton/Kilmarnock' to the waisted socle, with residual painted decoration
40 in. (102 cm.) high

Specialist note

J.& M. Craig bought the Dunfermline firm Lillie Hill Fireclay Works in 1896. They had previously won the silver medal for fireclay goods from the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland in 1869. The factory ceased production in 1914.