Porcelain mug made at West Pans, East Lothian

This porcelain mug is one of a pair made around 1770 by William Littler's factory at West Pans in East Lothian. The mugs were produced for Sir David Dalrymple's farm at Over Hailes, in the parish of Prestonkirk.

The mugs are painted with the crest and motto of the Dalrymple family.

William Littler arrived in Scotland in the early 1760s after the failure of his Longton Hall factory in Staffordshire. The founder of Scotland's porcelain industry, his factory made high quality, if uneconomical, wares until its closure in 1777.

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Online ID:	000-100-045-556-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland H.1867.25 B
Date:	Around 1770 c. 1770
Material:	Porcelain. Inscription: Arms of the Dalrymple family, a rock proper, and their motto FIRM encircled by a wreath of flowers with ears of corn / beneath handle: OVER HAILES within a cartouche
Dimensions:	155 mm H x 165 mm W
What:	Mug
Subject:
Who:	Hepburn family Longton Hall (Maker) Sir David Dalrymple (Owner) William Littler (Maker)
Where:	England, Staffordshire, Longton Hall Haddington, Prestonkirk, Over Hailes Scotland, East Lothian, West Pans
Event:
Description:	One of a pair of mugs with the arms and motto of the Dalrymple family, probably of Longton Hall porcelain and decorated at Prestonpans for Sir David Dalrymple's farm at Over Hailes, c. 1770
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