Saut bucket

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This unmarked brown glazed redware saut (Scots for 'salt') bucket is said to have been used in the Dalbeattie area in Dumfries & Galloway for storing preserved eggs. It dates from the mid 19th century

The bucket is of traditional shape with sides rising from a circular base to form an enclosed domed top.

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: 000-100-103-848-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.MEK 139
• Date: 1870s
  Mid 19th century
  
• Material: Brown glazed red earthenware. Inscription: 187(?)
  Saut bucket / salt bucket
  
• Dimensions: 300 mm H x 142 mm D (base) x 110 mm D (aperture)
  
• What: Saut bucket / salt bucket
  
• Subject: Post-medieval pottery and porcelain (NMAS Classification)
  
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• Where: Dalbeattie
  
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• Description: Brown glazed red earthenware saut, or salt, bucket, of traditional shape with sides rising from a circular base to an enclosed domed top, said to have been used for storing preserved eggs
  
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