Plaque

Add to album

This glazed and painted earthenware plaque was possibly made at one of the Portobello potteries in Midlothian. It dates from the early 19th century.

The plaque depicts two little girls, arm in arm, with two insects flying above and two small bushes underneath.

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.

Record details

To search on related items, click any underlined text below.

• Online ID: 000-190-002-305-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
  Project description   View all records in project
• Ref: National Museums Scotland  A.1917.57
• Date: Early 19th century
  
• Material: Earthenware
  Plaquette
  
• Dimensions:
• What: Plaquette
  
• Subject:
• Who:
• Where: Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh, Portobello
  
• Event:
• Description: Glazed and painted earthenware plaquette bearing in relief the figures of two children arm in arm, with a fly and bush on either side, probably Portobello ware, early 19th century
  
• References:
• Translations:
• Related Records: