Plant pot, made at West Pans, East Lothian

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This porcelain plant pot is one of a pair made around 1770 by William Littler's factory at West Pans in East Lothian.

The pot has a plain circular base and a trumpet-shaped body.

William Littler arrived in Scotland in the early 1760s after the failure of his Longton Hall factory in Staffordshire. The founder of Scotland's porcelain industry, his factory made high quality, if uneconomical, wares until its closure in 1777.

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• Online ID: 000-100-003-299-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.MEK 520 B
• Date: Around 1770
  c. 1770
  
• Material: Blue and white glazed porcelain
  Plant pot
  
• Dimensions: 112 mm H x 85 mm D (base) x 148 mm D (rim)
  
• What: Plant pot
  
• Subject: Post-medieval pottery and porcelain (NMAS Classification)
  
• Who: William Littler (Maker)
  
• Where: Scotland, East Lothian, West Pans
  
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• Description: One of two plant pots of blue and white glazed porcelain, with a plain circular base and a trumpet-shaped body, probably by William Littler's West Pans Pottery, about 1770
  
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