Miniature jug, with Paisley coat of arms

This porcelain miniature jug is decorated with the Paisley 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 the Abbot George Schaw standing on a shield. On his right is a shield with the armorial bearings of the Lord High Stewards of Scotland and on his left a shield with roses and escallop shell. George Schaw or Shaw was the Abbot of the monastery at the time Paisley was created a Burgh of Barony in 1488. The Latin text around the edge reads, 'BURGI DE PAISLEY SIGILLUM COMMUNE'.

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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