Mary Queen of Scots Stuart Tartan Tea Towel

Framed in a yellow oval in the centre of the towel is a vintage black and white illustration of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, from Lodge's portrait of the doomed queen in Sir Walter Scott's book, Tales of a Grandfather, published in Edinburgh in 1869. As everyone knows, Mary fled from Scotland to seek sanctuary in England only to be imprisoned then beheaded by order of Queen Elizabeth I. Beside Mary is a blue speech balloon with the words, Keep the heid, which is Scots for keep the head. Good advice is a hot kitchen. The background pattern is the Royal Stuart, or Stewart, clan tartan plaid.