Tea plate

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This white glazed transfer-printed earthenware tea plate was made by the Britannia Pottery Company Ltd in Glasgow. It dates from the 1920s or 1930s.

The centre has a pattern of stylised leaves and flowers within a border of leaves and butterflies. The rim has a border of alternate leaf sprays and onion flowers.

The Britannia Pottery Company Ltd bought over the business of Arnold J Fleming's Brittannia Pottery in 1920.

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• Online ID: 000-100-103-864-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.MEK 270
• Date: 1920 - 1939
  1920s or 1930s
  
• Material: White glazed earthenware. Inscription: BRITANNIA POTTERY COY LTD / GLASGOW; ONION; -DE IN- LAND
  
• Dimensions: 160 mm
  
• What:
• Subject: Post-medieval pottery and porcelain (NMAS Classification)
  
• Who: Britannia Pottery Co. Ltd, Glasgow (Maker)
  
• Where: Scotland, Lanarkshire, Glasgow
  
• Event:
• Description: White glazed earthenware tea plate with a transfer pattern in blue, stamped on the base with an illustration of Britannia and an inscription, by Britannia Pottery Co. Ltd of Glasgow, 1920s or 1930s
  
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