
Fergus Gambon
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James and Timmey Challenger Collection, Chicago
The aftermath of this drinking scene is shown on a companion model of the same title, where the table and vessels lie upturned and the husband and wife are at each other's throats. A third group titled 'Tee Total' shows a responsible, happy family having tea and cake. These groups document contemporary concerns centred around drunkenness and domestic violence threatening respectability, especially amongst the middle classes. All of these models are illustrated by Rosalie Wise Sharp, Ceramics, Ethics and Scandal (2002), pp.106-7. See also Myrna Schkolne, People, Passions, Pastimes and Pleasures (2006), pp.170-3.