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Miniature milk churn

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made in Glasgow

Postcard of Miniature milk churn.
000-180-001-986-C
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Miniature milk churn

This porcelain miniature milk churn is decorated with a shield in the Stewart tartan. 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 tartan shield is surmounted by a thistle.

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: 000-180-001-986-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0504: National Museums Scotland Part 2
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.1994.863
Date: Between around 1900 and 1910
Material: Porcelain. Inscription: STEWART; mark: NAUTILUS / M / PORCELAIN / 7
Dimensions: 75 mm H x 40 mm base D
What: Milk churn, miniature / souvenir
Subject:
Who: Nautilus Porcelain Company, Possil Park, Glasgow (Maker)
Stewart
Where: Scotland, Lanarkshire, Glasgow, Possil Park
Event:
Description: Porcelain milk churn with shield in Stewart tartan, 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. 
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