Earthenware wall vase in the shape of a frog

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This earthenware wall vase in the shape of a frog, was made in the late 19th century at Peter Gardner's Dunmore Pottery in Stirlingshire.

The blue glazed vase shows a frog with a low flat body, lying on its belly with its jaws open. Its front legs are applied, the back legs moulded.

Peter Gardner took over his father's small redware pottery in 1860 and immediately began to develop new ranges of fashionable wares. The pottery was supported by the local landowners the Earl and Countess of Dunmore.

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• Online ID: 000-100-003-295-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.MEK 461
• Date: Late 19th century
  
• Material: Blue glazed earthenware. Inscription: DUNMORE
  Ornament / frog
  
• Dimensions: 275 mm L x 250 mm W
  
• What: Ornament / frog
  
• Subject: Post-medieval pottery and porcelain (NMAS Classification)
  
• Who: Dunmore? (Maker)
  
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• Description: Blue glazed earthenware frog lying on its belly, with a low flat body, open jaws, applied front legs and moulded back legs
  
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