Auld Mac Royal Doulton Ash Pot

Royal Doulton  Auld Mac
Ash Pot
D6006 (green tam; brown coat).
Designed by Harry Fenton,
Issued 1938-1960
Size: 7.6cm

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”