made at Robert Heron's Fife Pottery
Add to albumThis Wemyss ware tray was made between around 1883 and 1930 at Robert Heron & Sons' pottery at Kirkcaldy in Fife. It was hand-painted by Karel Nekola and was part of a breakfast set that also comprised a teapot, cup and saucer, sugar bowl and milk jug.
The tray is hand-painted with three cockerels among grass.
Heron's Fife Pottery is perhaps best known for its brightly painted, highly fashionable and expensive Wemyss Ware. The characteristic freely-painted decoration was introduced by Karel Nekola, a Czech who arrived in Kirkcaldy in 1883.
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- Online ID: 000-100-103-117-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
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National Museums Scotland
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- Ref: National Museums Scotland H.1994.297
- Date: c.1883 - c.1930
- Material: Earthenware. Inscription: KN; WEMYSS WARE / RH&S
Heart tray
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- What: Heart tray
- Subject: Post-medieval pottery and porcelain
- Who: Karel Nekola (Decorator)
Professor Peter H. Davis (Collector and owner)
Robert Heron and Sons, Fife Pottery, Kirkcaldy (Maker)
- Where: Scotland, Fife, Kirkcaldy (Fife Pottery)
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- Description: Earthenware heart tray, hand-painted, by Karel Nekola, with three cockerels among grass, by Robert Heron and Son, Fife Pottery, Kirkcaldy, 1883 - 1930
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