A Mauchline Tartan Ware String Box c1890

Description

Heading : A Mauchline Tartan Ware String Box
Date : c1890 and perhaps a little earlier
Period : Victoria
Origin : Mauchline. Strathclyde
Decoration : Tartan
Size :  Height 9cms. diameter 7cms
Condition : Very good. minor signs of use
Restoration : None
Weight :  61 grams

Mauchline Ware was to rival Tunbridge Ware for much of the mid 19th century. Decoration with various clan tartans was a late 19th century modification to the earlier penwork and printed designs