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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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000-190-004-141-C |
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National Museums Scotland |
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0098: National Museums Scotland
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National Museums Scotland H.MEK 945 B |
Date: |
Between around 1940 and 1960 c. 1940 - 1960 c. 1940 - 1960
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Material: |
Blue stoneware Blue stoneware
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Dimensions: |
220 mm H x 160 mm D 220 mm H x 160 mm D
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What: |
Lamp base Lamp base
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Subject: |
Post-medieval pottery and porcelain (NMAS Classification) Post-medieval pottery and porcelain (NMAS Classification)
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Who: |
A.W. Buchan, Buchan's Pottery, Portobello (Maker) A.W. Buchan, Buchan's Pottery, Portobello (Maker)
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Where: |
Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh, Portobello Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh, Portobello
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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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