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000-100-103-832-C
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Saut bucket

This unmarked glazed red earthenware saut (Scots for 'salt') bucket dates from the mid 19th century.

The white decorative marks around the bucket are known as slip - clay thinned to a watery paste for decorating, casting or cementing.

Salt was one of Scotland's oldest manufacturing industries and was exported as early as the Middle Ages. Several places on the coast of the Firth of Forth made salt. The name 'pan' derives from salt pans.


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Online ID: 000-100-103-832-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.MEK 56
Date: Mid 19th century
Material: Brown glazed earthenware
Dimensions: 198 mm H x 98 mm D (of base); 95 mm D (aperture)
What: Salt bucket
Subject: Post-medieval pottery and porcelain (NMAS Classification)
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Description: Salt bucket of brown glazed earthenware, of traditional shape with the sides rising from a circular base and curving out to form a rather bulbous body, mid 19th century
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