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made in Prestonpans, East Lothian

Ashet
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This earthenware ashet was made by George Gordon's Pottery in Prestonpans in East Lothian between around 1833 and 1838.

The ashet is decorated with a transfer pattern in the centre called `Chinese Crane` depicting an oriental bird beside a lake with a pagoda. There is a `fern and seed` motif embossed on the rim. The base is stamped 'Geo Gordon'.

From 1750 onwards, large-scale potteries were established on the south side of the Firth of Forth, at Prestonpans, Prestongrange, West Pans, Musselburgh and Portobello. Much of the skilled workforce came from the older established Staffordshire potteries.

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