Stoneware storage jar

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This stoneware storage jar was made in 1896 at Buchan's Pottery at Portobello in Midlothian.

The jar is inscribed 'Mrs Hume / Selkirk/ 1896 / Be canny with the butter', and impressed 'Buchan / Waverley Potteries /Portobello'.

Good supplies of coal and clay and easy transport by sea meant that the south side of the Firth of Forth was an ideal location for potteries to develop. Small-scale works existed there from the 17th century and larger factories developed from around 1750

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• Online ID: 000-100-003-269-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.MEK 305
• Date: 1896
  
• Material: Glazed stoneware. Inscription: MRS HUME / SELKIRK / 1896 / BE CANNY WITH THE BUTTER; 2PT / BUCHAN / WAVERLEY POTTERIES / PORTOBELLO
  Butter tub
  
• Dimensions: 137 mm H x 117 mm D (base) x 172 mm D (rim)
  
• What: Butter tub
  
• Subject: Post-medieval pottery and porcelain (NMAS Classification)
  
• Who: Buchan, Waverley Potteries, Portobello (Maker)
  Mrs Hume (Inscribed on the tub)
  
• Where: Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh, Portobello
  Scotland, Selkirkshire, Selkirk
  
• Event:
• Description: Glazed stoneware butter tub with an overlapping rim, inscribed "MRS HUME / SELKIRK / 1896 / BE CANNY WITH THE BUTTER", impressed "BUCHAN / WAVERLEY POTTERIES / PORTOBELLO" below lug
  
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