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These two stoneware lamp bases were made at Buchan's Pottery in Portobello in Midlothian. They date from between around 1940 and 1960.

One of two lamp bases of blue stoneware by A.W. Buchan of Buchan's Pottery, Portobello, about 1940 - 1960

Scotland's once great pottery industry suffered greatly with the loss of export markets caused by World War I and the Depression of the 1920s. Buchans, however, still exists and has been based in Crieff since 1972.

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• Online ID: 000-190-004-140-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.MEK 945 B
• Date: Between around 1940 and 1960
  c. 1940 - 1960
  c. 1940 - 1960
  
• Material: Blue stoneware
  Blue stoneware
  Lamp base
  Lamp base
  
• Dimensions: 220 mm H x 160 mm D
  220 mm H x 160 mm D
  
• What: Lamp base
  Lamp base
  
• Subject: Post-medieval pottery and porcelain (NMAS Classification)
  Post-medieval pottery and porcelain (NMAS Classification)
  
• Who: A.W. Buchan, Buchan's Pottery, Portobello (Maker)
  A.W. Buchan, Buchan's Pottery, Portobello (Maker)
  
• Where: Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh, Portobello
  Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh, Portobello
  
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• References:
  • Keay, J. & J. (eds). Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland. London: HarperCollins, 1994, p 785. 
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