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Wild Flower Jug

Artist Ian Hamilton Finlay (Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)

AssociatedAssociated with Joyce Laing (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1939 - 2022)

Date1991

Object NameJug

Mediumporcelain

ClassificationsCeramics

Dimensions7.6 x 5cm
Maximum width: 7.7cm (with handle)

AcquisitionPresented in 2012 by Joyce Laing OBE.

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDAG017723

About MeThis small ceramic jug has an inscription in blue: WILD FLOWER,/ N. A WAYSIDE TEXT.
Ian Hamilton Finlay sent this jug, a new work, to Joyce Laing, who was recovering from an operation in the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh. Parcelled-up in a round plastic box, the jug was packed with moss and filled with wild snowdrops.

Finlay also produced a similar wild flower vase around this time - a small straight-sided vase, cylindrical in form. It exists in at least two versions, with the following inscriptions: 'A field with tares, wildflowers, is more valuable than a field without tares' and 'Virgil Dicovered the Evening. Rousseau Picked the First Wild Flower'.