Soup plate, made in Glasgow

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This earthenware soup plate was made around 1760 at the Delftfield factory in Glasgow.

The plate is decorated with a floral pattern. The flat rim of the plate bears the crest of Murray of Polmaise.

With the Delftfield factory, Glasgow can lay claim to the first 'industrial' pottery in Scotland. This was established on the banks of the Clyde west of the Broomielaw in 1748, and as its name suggests, began making Delftware, or tin glazed earthenware.

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• Online ID: 000-100-003-294-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.MEK 453 B
• Date: Around 1760
  
• Material: White glazed earthenware
  Plate, soup
  
• Dimensions: 40 mm H x 115 mm D (base) x 232 mm D (rim)
  
• What: Plate, soup
  
• Subject: Post-medieval pottery and porcelain (NMAS Classification)
  
• Who: Delftfield Pottery, Glasgow (Maker)
  Murray of Polmaise (His crest on the plate)
  
• Where: Scotland, Lanarkshire, Glasgow
  
• Event:
• Description: One of two white glazed earthenware soup plates, of conventional circular shape with a flat rim on which is printed in blue the crest of Murray of Polmaise, by Delftfield Pottery of Glasgow
  
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