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Miniature loving cup, with Dunbar coat of arms

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made in Glasgow

Miniature loving cup, with Dunbar coat of arms
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This porcelain miniature loving cup is decorated with the Dunbar 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 loving cup follows the form of a tankard or 'tyg' with three handles. The arms show a castle frontage, representing Dunbar Castle, displayed on an heraldic shield. Dunbar Castle is mentioned as early as 835, when it was given by King Kenneth I of Scotland to a warrior called Bar. It was destroyed in 1567.

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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