| Description
| High fired buff earthen or stoneware 'spitoon' (could be plant pot) with bright clear dark brown treacle coloured 'Rockingham' glaze. Moulded in shape of shell in the well, with hollow underside and hollow rounded border, moulded on upper edge with row of shells. 3 single SPUR marks on base. Single pierced hole in centre of well. Applied label to base: 'Spitoon shell-shaped'. Believed to be made by the Caledonian Pottery, possibly a factory sample.
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. |
