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made in Glasgow

Ashet
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An ashet is a large plate, platter or serving dish. This late 19th century earthenware example was made by Robert Cochran & Company of the Verreville Pottery in Glasgow. The pattern is called 'Bull Finch'.

Ashet with Bull Finch pattern, by Robert Cochrane

By the middle of the 19th century, the area of Glasgow and the Clyde basin was undoubtedly the heartland of the Scottish pottery industry, with several of the biggest firms such as J & M P Bell and Robert Cochran's Verreville and Britannia potteries.

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