| Description
| High fired brown/buff earthenware or stoneware teapot, with dark brown 'Rockingham' glaze. Lid accessioned as RG.1978.489.b. Flat circular base, no foot; ovoid shaped body tapering to top. Short circular neck, curved spout, plain strap handle. 3 single STILT marks on base, label on base 'Teapot Queen's Shape 54S'. Impressed FIREPROOF. on one side.
The Caledonian Pottery was founded in 1800 in the north of Glasgow, making items ranging from porcelain and creamware to stoneware and bricks. It is particularly know for producing a range of stoneware items and for teapots with a brown Rockingham glaze – the Ru’glen Broon. In 1872 the pottery moved to Rutherglen, a town to the east of Glasgow. In 1898 it was bought by the jam manufacturer W.P.Hartley to supply stoneware jam jars, but after the introduction of glass jars the pottery closed in 1928. Items may be marked with Townhead Pottery, Caledonian, Murray & Co, M & Co, Murray & Coupar, M & C, Murray & Fullarton, M & F or Murray. |
