Wemyss ware box

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This Wemyss ware box for holding crystallised fruit was made at Robert Heron's Pottery in Kirkcaldy in Fife between around 1916 and 1928.

The box is painted with figs and leaves, apparently by Edwin Sandland.

Originally from a family of potters in Hanley in Staffordshire, Sandland took over as chief decorator at Herons in 1916.

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• Online ID: 000-100-102-985-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.1994.65
• Date: Between around 1916 and 1928
  c. 1916 - 1928
  
• Material: Wemyss ware, pressed earthenware; underglaze painted and glazed. Inscription: Box: WEMYSS [painted]; WEMYSS EXHIBITION 1976 / SOTHEBY'S BELGRAVIA / ROGERS de RIN / 76 Royal Hospital Road / CHELSEA.SW3 / 01-352-9007 [sticker]
  Fruit box / cover, fruit box
  
• Dimensions: 95 mm max H x 210 mm L x 150 mm W
  
• What: Fruit box / cover, fruit box
  
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• Who: Edwin Sandland (Decorator)
  Robert Heron and Son, Fife Pottery, Kirkcaldy (Maker)
  
• Where: Scotland, Fife, Kirkcaldy (Fife Pottery)
  
• Event: Wemyss Exhibition
  
• Description: Rectangular Wemyss ware preserve fruit box and cover decorated with figs and leaves, marked `Wemyss' and painted by Edwin Sandland, by Robert Heron and Son, Fife Pottery, c. 1916 - 1928
  
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