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This blue glazed earthenware tile was made around 1900 at Fleming's Brittania Pottery in Glasgow.

The tile is decorated with a masonic coat-of-arms. The reverse is marked, 'FLEMING/GLASGOW'

James Fleming became managing partner of the Britannia Pottery and from 1896 it was known as Cochran and Fleming. James's son Arnold J Fleming took over as sole partner in 1911 until he sold it to the Britannia Pottery Company Ltd in 1920.

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• Online ID: 000-190-004-352-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  A.1963.437
• Date: Around 1900
  c. 1900
  
• Material: Earthenware. Inscription: Masonic coat-of-arms / FLEMING / GLASGOW
  
• Dimensions: 237 mm H x 190 mm W x 15 mm depth
  
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• Who: Fleming, Glasgow (Maker)
  
• Where: Scotland, Lanarkshire, Glasgow
  
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• Description: Grey earthenware tile moulded in relief and covered with a blue glaze, with a masonic coat-of-arms, marked Fleming, Glasgow, Britannia Pottery, c. 1900
  
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