The Absent-Minded Beggar souvenir items

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Title: The Absent-Minded Beggar souvenir items
Contributor: Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936.
Woodville, Richard Caton, 1856-1927.
Moorcroft, William, 1872-1945.
James Macintyre & Co., manufacturer.
Published / Created: [between 1904 and 1913]
Publication Place: Burslem, England and England
Publisher: Macintyre & Co.
Description: BEIN Richards Kipling 2853: From the David Alan Richards Collection of Rudyard Kipling.
Title devised by cataloger.
A collection of ceramic ware including among others jugs, pitchers, plates, cups, teapots, and vases.
Each item is decorated with holographic lines from Rudyard Kipling's poem, The Absent-minded Beggar, as well as an illustration, A Gentleman in Kharki, by Richard Caton Woodville.
The items were made and sold to aid the charity often known as The Absent-Minded Beggar Fund which was part of a campaign by the London newspaper, The Daily Mail, to raise money for British soldiers fighting in the South African War of 1899-1902.
Extent: 35 items ; 8 x 7 x 7 cm-23 x 20 x 23 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Dishes (vessels for food)
Plates (general, dishes)
Pitchers (vessels)
Jugs
Cups (drinking vessels)
Teapots
Vases
Match holder
Paperweights
Resource Type: three-dimensional form
Subject (Topic): South African War, 1899-1902
Subjects: Daily Mail (London, England)
South African War, 1899-1902
Richards, David Alan, 1945- > Ownership

Access: Public
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