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Earthenware soup tureen

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Made in Glasgow

Postcard of Earthenware soup tureen.
000-100-003-551-C
© National Museums Scotland

Earthenware soup tureen

This earthenware tureen belonged to the family of Samuel Coulters, a Glasgow merchant. It was presented to the family in 1842 by John Thomson of Annfield Pottery in Glasgow's Gallowgate.

The tureen bears a transfer-printed rural scene.

Annfield Pottery operated from around 1816 to 1887.


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Online ID: 000-100-003-551-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.1991.9.2
Date: 1841
1841
1842
Material: Glazed earthenware
Glazed earthenware. Inscription: AS A SMALL TRIBUTE OF RESPECT / To the MEMORY of the / LATE / MR SAMUEL COULTERS, (sic) / of this City / THIS SERVICE IS PRESENTED / TO THE SURVIVING MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY / BY JOHN THOMSON /
Dimensions: 227 mm L x 183 mm W
266 mm total H x 353 mm L x 236 mm W
What: Cover / tureen
Tureen
Subject: Post-medieval pottery and porcelain (NMAS Classification)
Post-medieval pottery and porcelain (NMAS Classification)
Who: John Thomson, Annfield Pottery, Glasgow (Maker)
John Thomson, Annfield Pottery, Glasgow (Maker)
Samuel Coulters (Inscribed on the tureen)
Samuel Coulters (Inscribed on the tureen)
Where: Scotland, Lanarkshire, Glasgow
Scotland, Lanarkshire, Glasgow
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Description: Glazed earthenware tureen with an octagonal bombe form body, blue and white transfer-printed with a rural scene, by John Thomson of Annfield Pottery, Glasgow in 1841
Stepped domed cover with a foliate loop handle, for a glazed earthenware tureen with a blue and white transfer print of a rural scene, by John Thomson of Annfield Pottery, Glasgow in 1841
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