Miniature jug, with Lockerbie coat of arms

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This porcelain miniature jug is decorated with the Lockerbie 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 are a combination of the Johnstone and Douglas arms and consist of a four-segment shield with the motto 'FORWARD' above it. Under the Burgh Police Act of 1892, the Burgh of Lockerbie took as its common seal the arms of the Johnstone-Douglas family. They had been the Lords of the Manor of Lockerbie for many years.

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: 000-180-001-975-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland Part 2
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.1994.809
• Date: Between around 1900 and 1910
  
• Material: Porcelain. Inscription: [Lockerbie coat of arms] Forward; The Burgh of Lockerbie; mark: 2 Nautilus [ship] Porcelain Glasgow
  Vase, miniature / souvenir
  
• Dimensions: 45 mm H x 40 mm W
  
• What: Vase, miniature / souvenir
  
• Subject:
• Who: Nautilus Porcelain Company, Possil Park, Glasgow (Maker)
  
• Where: Scotland, Dumfriesshire, Lockerbie
  Scotland, Lanarkshire, Glasgow, Possil Park
  
• Event:
• Description: Porcelain vase with one handle and the coat of arms of Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire, made by the Nautilus Porcelain Company, Possil Park, Glasgow
  
• References:
  • Evans, G. Souvenirs From Roman Times to the Present Day. Edinburgh: NMS Publishing Ltd, 1999, pp 52-5. 
  • Porteous, A. The Town Council Seals of Scotland Historical, Legendary and Heraldic. Edinburgh and London: W & A K Johnston, MCMVI, p 205. 
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