Jug (detail)

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This detail shows the base of an white glazed earthenware jug made by the Britannia Pottery Company Ltd in Glasgow. Dating from between 1920 and 1935, the jug is the smallest in a set of three. It is decorated with bunches of fruit.

The maker's mark shows Britannia surrounded by the text, 'BRITANNIA POTTERY COY. LTD/GLASGOW', the pattern name, 'LANARK' and 'Made in Scotland'.

The Britannia Pottery Company Ltd bought over the business of Arnold J Fleming's Brittannia Pottery in 1920.

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• Online ID: 000-100-103-844-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.MEK 127
• Date: 1920 - 1935
  Between 1920 and 1935
  
• Material: White glazed earthenware. Inscription: LANARK / BRITANNIA POTTERY COY. LTD / GLASGOW / Made in Scotland
  Jug
  
• Dimensions: 115 mm H[?] x 102 mm D (base)
  
• What: Jug
  
• Subject: Post-medieval pottery and porcelain (NMAS Classification)
  
• Who: Britannia Pottery Co. Ltd, Glasgow, Scotland (Maker)
  
• Where: Scotland, Lanarkshire, Glasgow
  
• Event:
• Description: White glazed earthenware jug with green edges and handle, and with black-outlined bunches of fruit on the sides, smallest of a set of three made by Britannia Pottery Co. Ltd of Glasgow, 1920 - 1935
  
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