Red clay pot

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This was made in Tiree in Inverness-shire in 1880. It would have been filled with milk from a recently-calved cow to be fed to those suffering from tuberculosis.

Pot of red clay with black staining on the inside and outside surfaces and a handle projecting from just below the rim, made in Barvas, Lewis, c. 1860

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• Online ID: 000-100-003-198-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.MEK 9
• Date: 1880
  c. 1860
  
• Material: Pottery, red clay, black staining on the inside and outside surfaces
  Pot
  
• Dimensions: 130 mm approx H; rim 145 mm approx D; base 125 mm approx D
  
• What: Pot
  
• Subject: Post-medieval pottery and porcelain (NMAS Classification)
  
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• Where: Scotland, Ross and Cromarty, Lewis, Barvas
  
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