Lot 155

SCOTTISH POTTERY MARRIAGE BOWL
ABERDEEN, LATE 19TH CENTURY




Scottish Works of Art & Whisky
Auction: Lots 1 - 412 | 20 August 2024 at 10am
£1,008
Description
the redware body with slip cut and sgraffito decoration in the form of flowers including roses, thistles and shamrocks, impressed to the centre ‘W & M MCLEAN’, the base impressed ‘ALEXANDER HILLCOAT POTTERY TORRY’
Dimensions
37.4cm diameter
Footnote
This bowl was probably made in his spare time by a worker at one of the local brickworks in Torry, which is an area just south of the River Dee in Aberdeen.



