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This matched pair of porcelain vases were made at the pottery of William Littler at West Pans in East Lothian. They date from around 1770.

Each inverted pear-shaped vase has a single fluted handle, two cartouche panels and moulded flowers. The vases are decorated with mazzerine or 'Littler's' blue.

Littler arrived in Scotland in the early 1760s after the failure of his Longton Hall factory in Staffordshire. The founder of Scotland's porcelain industry, Littler was keen to seek the custom of the landed gentry. Consequently his factory made high quality, if uneconomical, wares. It closed in 1777.

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• Online ID: 000-190-004-208-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.1993.621
• Date: Around 1770
  c. 1770
  c. 1770
  
• Material: Porcelain
  Porcelain. Inscription: [Crossed Ls]
  Vase
  Vase
  
• Dimensions: 160 mm H x 90 mm base D x 67 mm rim D
  160 mm H x 90 mm base D x 72 mm max rim D
  
• What: Vase
  Vase
  
• Subject:
• Who: William Littler, West Pans (Potter)
  William Littler, West Pans (Potter)
  
• Where: Scotland, East Lothian, Prestonpans, West Pans
  Scotland, East Lothian, Prestonpans, West Pans
  
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• Description: One of a matched pair of porcelain vases, each with an inverted pear-shaped body, a fluted handle, two cartouche panels and moulded flowers, by William Littler of West Pans, c. 1770
  One of a matched pair of porcelain vases, each with an inverted pear-shaped body, a fluted handle, two cartouche panels and moulded flowers, by William Littler of West Pans, c. 1770
  
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