Bowl, made at Kirkcaldy, Fife

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This Weymss Ware bowl was made between around 1883 and 1930 at Robert Heron & Sons' Pottery at Kirkcaldy in Fife.

The bowl is hand-painted with four sprays of thistles.

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: 000-100-103-456-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.1994.79
• Date: 1883 - 1930
  Between around 1883 to 1930
  
• Material: Glazed and painted earthenware. Inscription: WEMYSS
  Bowl, flower
  
• Dimensions: 73 mm H x 170 mm D
  
• What: Bowl, flower
  
• Subject:
• Who: Robert Heron & Son, Fife Pottery, Kirkcaldy (Maker)
  
• Where: Scotland, Fife, Kirkcaldy (Fife Pottery)
  
• Event:
• Description: Wemyss Ware Fife flower bowl hand painted with four sprays of thistles, Scottish, Fife, Kirkcaldy, Fife Pottery, by Robert Heron & Son, c. 1883 - 1930
  
• References:
  • Wemyss Ware, p. 45; pl. 165e 
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