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Painted Salt Pot
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Painted Salt Pot

Manufacturer (Gladsmuir, Scotland, founded 1919)
Date1900 - 1949
Object NamePot
Mediumearthenware
ClassificationsCeramics
DimensionsOverall: Height: 7.8 cm, Diameter: 10.9 cm
AcquisitionRobinson-Young Collection, purchased in 1998 with assistance from the National Fund for Acquisitions and with income from the John Black Trust and the Hamilton Bequest.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS030591
About MeThis pottery was started in 1919 by Catherine Blair, founder of the Scottish Womens Rural Institute. The studio was originally based at the Blairs' farm, Hoprig Mains, in East Lothian, moving to North Berwick in 1932. Blair believed in "enriching the lives of rural women, particularly through arts and crafts", and pottery was just one of the crafts which Mak'Merry developed. The lady artists learned how to paint on pottery blanks which were bought in from a pottery in Bo'Ness and sent back there for firing. The pots were sold at rural industries' fairs and agricultural shows such as the Highland Show. They are usually marked on the base Mak'Merry and with the initials of the decorator.
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