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Miniature ewer, with Earl of Rosslyn coat of arms

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made in Glasgow

Miniature ewer, with Earl of Rosslyn coat of arms
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This porcelain miniature ewer is decorated with the coat of arms of the Earl of Rosslyn. It was made for the souvenir market by the Nautilus Porcelain Company at the Possil Pottery in Glasgow and dates from between around 1900 and 1910.

The arms consist of a shield in eight segments of mainly black crosses on yellow. The shield is flanked by an eagle on the left and a gryphon on the right. It is surmounted by a helmet, a crown and an eagle. Above the shield is the motto 'FIGHT' and below, the Latin motto 'ILLAESO LUMINE SOLEM'.

Crested china became the most important type of British souvenir between 1900 and 1930. Its invention is credited to William Henry Goss (1833-1906), the owner of the Falcon Works in Stoke-on Trent. The main producer of crested china in Scotland was the Nautilus Porcelain Company, at the Possil Pottery in Glasgow. Run by the china merchants MacDougall & Sons, of 77-79 Buchanan Street, the company produced 'Nautilus' miniatures between around 1900 and 1910. The pottery closed in 1911.

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