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This Wemyss ware bowl was made between around 1883 and 1930 at Robert Heron & Sons' pottery at Kirkcaldy in Fife. The type is known as a 'Chesham Fern Pot'.

The bowl is decorated with hand-painted daffodils.

In the 19th century, Scottish potteries grew in number to meet the increased demand. The largest firms were near the Forth and Clyde rivers and Kirkcaldy became a major centre for potteries. Robert Heron & Co. were famous for their 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. Wemyss Ware continued to be produced in Kirkcaldy, by a variety of decorators, until the factory closed in 1930.

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• Online ID: 000-180-000-340-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland Part 2
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.1994.239
• Date: Between around 1883 and 1930
  c. 1883 - 1930
  
• Material: Earthenware; paint, glaze. Inscription: WEMYSS WARE R.H. & S. [impressed semicircular mark] / T. GOODE & Co LONDON W [stamped red cartouche]
  Plate, Gordon dessert
  
• Dimensions: 26 mm H x 208 mm D
  
• What: Plate, Gordon dessert
  
• Subject: Post-medieval pottery and porcelain
  
• Who: Gordon
  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 Gordon dessert plate hand painted with brambles, by Robert Heron and Son, Fife Pottery, Kirkcaldy, c. 1883 - 1930
  
• References:
  • Peter Davies & Robert Rankin, Wemyss ware: A Decorative Scottish Pottery, Scottish Academic Press, 1986 
  • Wemyss Ware, pl. 229a 
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