A RARE FRAMED ERROL POTTERY PLAQUE
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Auction: Day 1: Wednesday 20 August - Lots 1 - 296
Description
the brownware body of circular form, painted with a scene possibly depicting the Falls of Bruar, unsigned, within a gilt mount and frame; impressed mark to the reverse JAS ADAMSON ERROL WORKS
Dimensions
framed 38cm x 38cm, plaque 23cm diameter
Footnote
Errol Pottery started life in 1855, but maybe as early as 1842, as the Inchcoonans Brick Works, Errol, Perth which, for a short time, also made pottery. In 1876 James Adamson is listed as owner but dies in 1891 from stomach cancer. His name has been found on shards of pottery. The brickworks changed hands many times, being completely modernised in the 1990s, but closed down in 2008 due to the recession.