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Designer
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James Gillon Crawford
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Maker
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Aviemore Pottery
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Marks
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Very faint logo impressed into base
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Material
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Glazed slip
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Description
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Small pinched bowl with pouring
lip to one side, Curved blade handle from lower third of exterior of bowl,
curving upwards. Matte white glaze to
interior and exterior with hand painted pattern in brown oxide to mid section
of exterior.
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Condition
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Very Good
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Number
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No number
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Production Date
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Possibly early 1970s
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Width at rim
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67mm
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Width at Base
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32mm
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Depth
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50mm
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Length (with handle)
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110mm
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Weight
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Volume
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125ml
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Acquisition
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Purchase
Re-Store Ballarat
21 June 2016
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Rameking Reference Number
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AVI 001
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Sometimes something completely different crosses my path. This is one of those somethings. It is difficult to find much information on this company, other than pictures on EBay. What I have found out is here. If there are any corrections, please let me know.
Aviemore Potteries was a brand used by
Castlewynd Studios Ltd Gifford Gates, Inverdruie Aviemore Scotland PH22
1QH. Castle Wynd Studios began in 1950
at Castle Wynd Edinburgh. As the
business grew, they began to move to better premises, first to Gifford, East
Lothian in 1954, then to Aviemore in 1964.
They moved to Kingussie in 1976 to produce fine bone china using the
name “Highland China (Scotland) Ltd”.
It was incorporated in 1976, some ten years after Aviemore Potteries
began. James Gillon Crawford began the company and was their Ceramics Designer.
They then became “Highland China
(Scotland) Ltd but ceased trading in the 1980s due to the economic downturn at
the time. The company was finally
dissolved in 2015, although James’ daughter has recently opened a galley back
in Aviemore.
Highland
China (Scotland) Ltd Co No SC055232
Kingussie
Pottery
Off Ruthven
Rd Kingussie PH21 1HP
Incorporated
13th March 1974
Inverness
Shire
They began producing a range of Cairngorm
animals in 1950. You may know their
most famous design, the three-piece Lock Ness Monster “Nessie” in black. The sales of the Nessie design almost single
handedly kept the pottery going. They
divided this into two streams, this one, the Domestic Range consisted of
highland cattle and sheep. Tom Mackie
remodelled them and also modelled a cow, calf, lamb, and a collie dog for the
range. The second range was their
Wildlife range, comprising a bear, otter and stag, also modelled by Tom Mackie
and using an oxide finish, giving a more natural look.
This item has been variously described as
a Butter Warmer, a Cream Pourer and a Porridge Bowl. The makers described it as a “Luggie”, or Ear in Scots
Gallic. It was made in two sizes. This one, the smaller was a cream
container. These items were made for
the tourist market and this one was sold through the gift shop at Edinburgh
Castle. A Luggie was a common household
item in Scotland and was traditionally made of wooden staves, then hooped. The
lug was formed by one stave extending upwards to form the “lug”. The Luggie was used in conjunction with the
Coggie when supping porridge. The
luggie held the cold milk into which each spoonful of hot porridge was
dipped. This, according to the Scots is
the correct way to eat porridge.
Traditionally, the spoon was made of horn.
Aviemore is a Scottish Highlands tourist
town in the Cairngorms in Scotland.
Aviemore Pottery began in the Scottish Highlands in 1964. They produced a variety of modern versions
of traditional Scottish pottery, such as Saut Buckets, Coggie or Quaich,
Luggies, Bellarmine and Bicker.
A little explanation;
Saut Bucket Saut
is Scots Gallic for Salt. Known as a
Salt Pig these days.
Coggie or
Quaich Scots Gallic for a bowl or Drinking Vessel
Luggie Scots Gallac
for Ear or handle. Any wooden container
with a handle (or Lug)
Bellarmine Also known as a
Witch Bottle, used to keep a counter to magic spells. Made from stoneware.
Bicker Possible a
corruption of “beaker.” Scottish for
any vessel containing liquor for drinking, a porridge dish or bowl.