Miniature milk churn, with Aberdour coat of arms

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This porcelain miniature milk churn is decorated with the Aberdour coat of arms. It was made for the souvenir market by the Nautilus Porcelain Company at the Possil Pottery in Glasgow and dates from between around 1900 and 1910.

The arms consist of a four-segment heraldic shield flanked by two men and surmounted by a pig. The motto underneath the shield reads 'LUCK SICKER'. Below the motto is inscribed 'EARL OF MORTON'.

Crested china became the most important type of British souvenir between 1900 and 1930. Its invention is credited to William Henry Goss (1833-1906), the owner of the Falcon Works in Stoke-on Trent. The main producer of crested china in Scotland was the Nautilus Porcelain Company, at the Possil Pottery in Glasgow. Run by the china merchants MacDougall & Sons, of 77-79 Buchanan Street, the company produced 'Nautilus' miniatures between around 1900 and 1910. The pottery closed in 1911.

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• Online ID: 000-180-001-953-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland Part 2
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.1994.744
• Date: Between around 1900 and 1910
  
• Material: Porcelain. Inscription: [Aberdour coat of arms]; Luck Seeker / Earl of Morton / Aberdour; mark: Nautilus M Porcelain
  Milk churn, miniature / souvenir
  
• Dimensions: 78 mm h x 40 mm W
  
• What: Milk churn, miniature / souvenir
  
• Subject:
• Who: Earl of Morton
  Nautilus Porcelain Company, Possil Park, Glasgow (Maker)
  
• Where: Scotland, Aberdour
  Scotland, Lanarkshire, Glasgow, Possil Park
  
• Event:
• Description: Porcelain milk churn with thistle and coat of arms of Aberdour, made by the Nautilus Porcelain Company, Glasgow
  
• References:
  • Evans, G. Souvenirs From Roman Times to the Present Day. Edinburgh: NMS Publishing Ltd, 1999, pp 52-5. 
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