Glass decanter, made at Alloa pottery, Clackmannanshire

This glass decanter was engraved by Stephen Lerche in 1890. Stephen worked with his father, Emanuel Lerche, at the Alloa Pottery in Clackmananshire. The decanter was given to the museum by Miss M S Lerche in 1968.

The decanter has an egg-shaped body, a long neck with a frilled rim and a separate diamond-cut stopper. The body is engraved with a heron rising from the water, while the base is cut on the underside in a flower pattern with 24 narrow petals.

Emanuel Lerche was a Bohemian engraver who arrived in Edinburgh in 1853. In 1873 he moved to Alloa in Clackmannanshire to work for W. & J. A. Bailley at the Alloa Pottery.

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• Online ID: 000-100-002-875-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.MEN 109
• Date: 1890
  
• Material: Inscription: Body: Heron rising from the water which is banked with bullrushes and overhung with tall grasses and palm trees / inside top: crude number 19
  Decanter
  
• Dimensions: 335 mm max H; rim 94 mm D; base 50 mm D
  
• What: Decanter
  
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• Who: Stephen Lerche (Engraver)
  
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• Description: Decanter with an egg-shaped body and a long neck with a frilled rim, engraved with a heron rising from the water, by Stephen Lerche, son of Emanuel, in 1890
  
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