Wemyss ware sugar bowl

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This Wemyss ware sugar bowl was made between around 1883 and 1930 at Robert Heron & Sons' pottery at Kirkcaldy in Fife. It was part of a breakfast set that also comprised a tray, cup and saucer, teapot and milk jug.

The sugar bowl is hand-painted with black cockerels on either side and the word 'Bonjour'. It is stamped `T Goode & Co South Audley St London W'.

Heron's Fife Pottery is perhaps best known for its brightly painted, highly fashionable and expensive Wemyss Ware. The characteristic freely-painted decoration was introduced by Karel Nekola, a Czech who arrived in Kirkcaldy in 1883.

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• Online ID: 000-100-103-123-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.1994.117
• Date: 1883 - 1930
  Between around 1883 and 1930
  
• Material: Earthenware; paint, glaze. Inscription: T GOODE & Co / SOUTH AUDLEY St / LONDON W [oval stamped cartouche]; Bon Jour; WEMYSS
  Bowl, sugar
  
• Dimensions: 46 mm H x 78 mm D
  
• What: Bowl, sugar
  
• Subject: Post-medieval pottery and porcelain
  
• Who: Professor Peter H. Davis (Collector and Owner)
  Robert Heron and Son, Fife Pottery, Kirkcaldy (Maker)
  T. Goode and Company (Retailer)
  
• Where: Scotland, Fife, Kirkcaldy
  
• Event:
• Description: Wemyss ware sugar bowl of thrown earthenware, underglaze painted and glazed, stamped `T Goode & Co South Audley St London W`, by Robert Heron and Son, Fife Pottery, Kirkcaldy, 1883 - 1930
  
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