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These two earthenware wall pockets were probably made at Robert and George Gordon's pottery at Prestonpans in East Lothian. They are in the shape of cornucopia (horns of plenty) and date from around 1820.

The pocket fronts are relief moulded with cherub figures.

By the early 1800s, potteries in Musselburgh, Portobello and Prestonpans, all near Edinburgh, were producing a wide range of wares, from soft-paste porcelain to transfer-printed earthenware.

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• Online ID: 000-190-004-207-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.1993.11
• Date: Around 1820
  c. 1820
  c. 1820
  
• Material: Earthenware, polychrome overglaze in blue, yellow and green
  Earthenware, polychrome overglaze in blue, yellow and green
  Wall pocket
  Wall pocket
  
• Dimensions: 245 mm L x 152 mm W
  245 mm L x 152 mm W
  
• What: Wall pocket
  Wall pocket
  
• Subject:
• Who: R. and G. Gordon, Prestonpans (Maker)
  R. and G. Gordon, Prestonpans (Maker)
  
• Where: Scotland, East Lothian, Prestonpans
  Scotland, East Lothian, Prestonpans
  
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• Description: Earthenware cornucopia wall pocket with relief moulded cherub figures and with polychrome overglaze decoration, probably from R. and G. Gordon's Pottery, Prestonpans, East Lothian, c. 1820
  Earthenware cornucopia wall pocket with relief moulded cherub figures and with polychrome overglaze decoration, probably from R. and G. Gordon's Pottery, Prestonpans, East Lothian, c. 1820,
  
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