Auld Mac Owd and Owd D5824 – Small – Royal Doulton Character Jug

Royal Doulton Character Jug, Auld Mac “Owd/Owd” D5824 (green tam; brown coat). Designed by Harry Fenton, issued 1937 – 1937. Size: 3.25″H (small)

A song by Sir Harry Lauder, a 20th-century singer and comedian, called “Bang Went Sixpence.” inspired this piece. In it a Scotsman named Mac found the prices too high in London because every time he made a move, “band went sixpence,” which is incised on the back of his tam, below “Auld Mac.”