Plaque

This glazed earthenware plaque is thought to have been made at one of the potteries in Prestonpans in East Lothian but is very similar to pottery made and marked by Greenock Pottery in 1818.

The plaque has figures of Bacchus, (the Roman god of wine),Venus and Ceres, (the corn goddess) in bas-relief - carved in a flat surface so that they project only a little from the background.

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:	000-190-004-272-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland A.1889.501
Date:	1770 - 1830 Early 19th century
Material:	Earthenware
Dimensions:	7.00" D
What:	Medallion
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Where:	Scotland, East Lothian, Prestonpans
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Description:	Coloured and glazed earthenware medallion with figures of Bacchus, Venus and Ceres in bas-relief, made at Prestonpans, late 18th to early 19th century
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