Often referred to as a figure representing the likeness of a toby-jug, the “Provost of Ceres” is reportedly the depiction of Thomas Buchanan, Minister of Ceres. A Provost is another term meaning mayor, and Buchanan served as the last official Provost of Ceres during the reign of King James VI. He was also nephew to George Buchanan, a Scottish historian during the period of the Scottish Reformation. This squat, grinning little figure situated in a niche of sandstone has a colorful history and has done a fair bit of traveling….
