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Cheese dish & stand

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made at Prestonpans, East Lothian

Postcard of Cheese dish & stand.
000-180-000-361-C
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Cheese dish & stand

This earthenware cheese dish and stand was made at Belfield's Pottery at Prestonpans in East Lothian. It dates from the late 19th century.

The dish and stand are relief moulded with bamboo shoots and leaves.

Belfield's Pottery was established by Charles Belfield in the mid-1830s. By the mid-19th century the pottery was employing between 20 and 40 people. The business remained a family concern and continued until the mid-20th century. Belfield's is best known for high quality earthenware, particularly its Rockingham teapots and coffee pots, maiolica ware and everyday kitchen ware.


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Online ID: 000-180-000-361-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0504: National Museums Scotland Part 2
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  
Date: Late 19th century
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  • George Dalgleish (ed), Pots at the 'Pans: The Potteries of Prestonpans, Musselburgh and Portobello. Scottish Mining Museum, 1990 
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