Plate

This transfer-printed earthenware dinner plate was made by John Thomson of Annfield Pottery in Glasgow's Gallowgate. The pattern is called 'Oxford' and the plate dates from the 1870s or 1880s.

Dinner plate with Oxford pattern, by John Thompson

By the middle of the 19th century, the area of Glasgow and the Clyde basin was undoubtedly the heartland of the Scottish pottery industry, with several big firms like J & M P Bell. Annfield Pottery operated from about 1816 to 1887.

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Online ID:	000-100-003-387-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 1060
Date:	1870s or 1880s
Material:	Inscription: J T
Dimensions:	25 mm H x 246 mm rim D
What:	Plate, dinner
Subject:	Post-medieval pottery and porcelain (NMAS Classification)
Who:	John Thompson (Maker)
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