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Plate, made at Kirkcaldy, Fife
This earthenware dinner plate was produced around the 1880s at David Methven & Sons' pottery at Kirkcaldy in Fife. It was made for export to south-east Asia and was acquired in Malong on the Indonesian island of Java in 1992.
The plate is transfer printed with a pattern called 'Canovian'.
The town of Kirkcaldy on the north shore of the Firth of Forth was one of the major centres of Scottish pottery production. In the second half of the 19th century it had four separate factories.
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000-100-048-322-C |
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National Museums Scotland |
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0098: National Museums Scotland
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National Museums Scotland H.1993.595 |
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Around 1880s
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220 mm D
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Plate
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David Methven and Sons, Links Pottery, Kirkcaldy (Maker)
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Indonesia, Java, Malang Scotland, Fife, Kirkcaldy (Links Pottery)
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Dinner plate made for export by David Methven and Sons, Links Pottery, Kirkcaldy, in blue printed "Canovian" pattern; collected Malang, Java, Indonesia, 1992
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