Ashet, made by Annfield Pottery, Glasgow

An ashet is a large plate, platter or pie dish. This earthenware example belonged to the family of Samuel Coulters, a Glasgow merchant. It was presented to the family in 1842 by John Thomson of Annfield Pottery in Glasgow's Gallowgate.

The ashet has a transfer-printed rural scene in the centre.

Annfield Pottery operated from around 1816 to 1887.

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• Online ID: 000-100-003-550-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.1991.8
• Date: 1841
  1842
  
• Material: Glazed earthenware. Inscription: AS A SMALL TRIBUTE OF RESPECT / To the MEMORY of the / LATE / MR SAMUEL COULTERS, (sic) / of this City / THIS SERVICE IS PRESENTED / TO THE SURVIVING MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY / BY JOHN THOMSON /
  Ashet
  
• Dimensions: 45 mm H x 482 mm L x 396 mm W
  
• What: Ashet
  
• Subject: Post-medieval pottery and porcelain (NMAS Classification)
  
• Who: John Thomson, Annfield Pottery, Glasgow (Maker)
  Samuel Coulters (Inscribed on the ashet)
  
• Where: Scotland, Lanarkshire, Glasgow
  
• Event:
• Description: Glazed earthenware ashet, octagonal with shaped corners, blue and white transfer-printed with a rural scene in the centre, by John Thomson of Annfield Pottery, Glasgow in 1841
  
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