Butter dish

This transfer-printed earthenware butter dish with cover was made in Glasgow by the pottery firm of David Lockhart & Sons. It dates from the 1860s or 1870s and is marked, 'Abbotsford' and 'DL & S'.

The pattern shows a young girl holding a doll on top of a goat's back.

From about 1750 until the 1930s Scotland's potteries were producing utilitarian and decorative wares for home and foreign markets. David Lockhart & Sons ran the Victoria Pottery in Pollokshaws, Glasgow from between around 1866 and 1876.

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• Online ID: 000-190-004-019-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.MEK 1054 B
• Date: 1860s or 1870s
  
• Material: Inscription: D L & S
  Inscription: D L & S
  Cover, butter dish
  
• Dimensions: Butter dish and cover 135 mm H x 135 mm base D
  Butter dish and cover 135 mm H x 135 mm base D
  
• What: Cover, butter dish
  
• Subject: Post-medieval pottery and porcelain (NMAS Classification)
  Post-medieval pottery and porcelain (NMAS Classification)
  
• Who: David Lockhart (Maker)
  David Lockhart (Maker)
  
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• Description: One of butter dish and cover marked `Abbotsford' and `DL & S', by David Lockhart
  One of butter dish and cover marked `Abbotsford' and `DL & S', by David Lockhart
  
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