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made in Glasgow

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This stoneware jug was made by James Murray's Caledonian Pottery in Glasgow between around 1850 and 1890. It takes the form of 'Souter Johnny' - a character from Robert Burns' poem 'Tam O'Shanter'. A souter was a shoemaker or cobbler.

The jug is finished in colourless and transparent brown glazes and has a metal and cork stopper.

The Clyde basin, like the Forth, was a natural location for the pottery industry, with a ready supply of coal, a growing market and good transport links.

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