Lamp base (detail)

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This detail shows the mark of Buchan's Pottery in Portobello in Midlothian. It is on the base of a stoneware lamp base made between around 1940 and 1960.

The impressed mark is in the form of a thistle and includes the text 'BUCHAN/PORTOBELLO/SCOTLAND'.

The area around Prestonpans, Prestongrange, West Pans, Musselburgh and Portobello remained a significant centre of pottery manufacture until the 1930s. However, the economic crisis of the inter-war years virtually destroyed the industry.

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• Online ID: 000-190-004-141-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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• Description: One of two lamp bases of blue stoneware by A.W. Buchan of Buchan's Pottery, Portobello, about 1940 - 1960
  One of two lamp bases of blue stoneware by A.W. Buchan of Buchan's Pottery, Portobello, about 1940 - 1960
  
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