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Miniature flagon, with Bowhill coat of arms

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made in Glasgow

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000-180-001-955-C
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Miniature flagon, with Bowhill coat of arms

This porcelain miniature flagon is decorated with the Bowhill 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 show a mining scene. The heraldic shield is flanked by two miners and surmounted by two crossed picks and an oil lamp.

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: 000-180-001-955-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0504: National Museums Scotland Part 2
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.1994.751
Date: Between around 1900 and 1910
Material: Porcelain. Inscription: [Bowhill coat of arms (miners)]; mark: Nautilus [ship] Porcelain Glasgow
Dimensions: 60mm H x 25 mm D
What: Tankard, miniature / souvenir
Subject:
Who: Nautilus Porcelain Company, Possil Park, Glasgow (Maker)
Where: Scotland, Lanarkshire, Glasgow, Possil Park
Scotland, Selkirkshire or Fife, Bowhill
Event:
Description: Tapered porcelain tankard with the coat of arms of Bowhill, 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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