Rebellion & Enlightenment
The Jacobite Rebellion
Porcelain punchbowl
- Description:
This porcelain punchbowl was made in Canton, China for export to Europe in the early 1700s. The decoration shows a popular theme of English propaganda circulated during the 1745 Rebellion.
The cartoon depicts a Highlander in an unfavourable predicament. It is thought to cruelly mock the third Earl of Bute, a Scotsman who eventually became Prime Minister. The verse on the other side reads:
'Sauney's Mistake'
When first to the South Sly Sauney came forth
He was shewn to a place quite unknown in the North
That he is mistaken you soon will explore
Yet he scratches and s---s as no man did before
- Materials/Media:
- porcelain
- Dimensions:
- diameter 290mm
- Source:
- Dumfries Museum & Camera Obscura
- Accession number:
- DUMFM:2000.6
- Digital Number:
- DMDM105a-c
- Copyright:
- Dumfries & Galloway Council
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