Mug (1 of 2)

This shows one side of a transfer-printed earthenware mug which dates from around 1838. The inscription on the front of the mug reads 'Peter Swinton/1838'.

The pattern is a version of the well-known pattern 'Asiatic Pheasant' which, with the exception of a willow pattern, was the most popular of all blue-printed designs.

Peter Burns Swinton (1827-1912) was born in Gifford in East Lothian. He undertook legal training and became factor of Yester Estate in Gifford.

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Online ID:	000-100-003-224-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland H.MEK 110
Date:	1838 Around 1838
Material:	Glazed white earthenware. Inscription: Peter Swinton / 1838
Dimensions:	96 mm H x 95 mm D; 85 mm D (base)
What:	Mug
Subject:	Post-medieval pottery and porcelain (NMAS Classification)
Who:	Peter Swinton
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Description:	Cylindrical white glazed earthenware mug almost covered by a blue transfer-printed Asiatic pheasant type pattern of bird and flowering bush, inscribed "Peter Swinton / 1838"
References:	Gray, W. Forbes & Jamieson, James H. East Lothian Biographies. Haddington: East Lothian Antiquarian and Field Naturalists Society, 1941.
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