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Lamp base (detail)

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made at Portobello

Postcard of Lamp base (detail).
000-190-004-141-C
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Lamp base (detail)

This detail shows the mark of Buchan's Pottery in Portobello in Midlothian. It is on the base of a stoneware lamp base made between around 1940 and 1960.

The impressed mark is in the form of a thistle and includes the text 'BUCHAN/PORTOBELLO/SCOTLAND'.

The area around Prestonpans, Prestongrange, West Pans, Musselburgh and Portobello remained a significant centre of pottery manufacture until the 1930s. However, the economic crisis of the inter-war years virtually destroyed the industry.


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Online ID: 000-190-004-141-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.MEK 945 B
Date: Between around 1940 and 1960
c. 1940 - 1960
c. 1940 - 1960
Material: Blue stoneware
Blue stoneware
Dimensions: 220 mm H x 160 mm D
220 mm H x 160 mm D
What: Lamp base
Lamp base
Subject: Post-medieval pottery and porcelain (NMAS Classification)
Post-medieval pottery and porcelain (NMAS Classification)
Who: A.W. Buchan, Buchan's Pottery, Portobello (Maker)
A.W. Buchan, Buchan's Pottery, Portobello (Maker)
Where: Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh, Portobello
Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh, Portobello
Event:
Description: One of two lamp bases of blue stoneware by A.W. Buchan of Buchan's Pottery, Portobello, about 1940 - 1960
One of two lamp bases of blue stoneware by A.W. Buchan of Buchan's Pottery, Portobello, about 1940 - 1960
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