Interior of kiln showing upper courses of saggers and domical roof
SC 356485
Description Interior of kiln showing upper courses of saggers and domical roof
Date 1972
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number SC 356485
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of ED 8010
Scope and Content Interior of 1909 kiln with saggers at Thistle Pottery (also known as Portobello or Waverley Pottery), Portobello, City of Edinburgh Thistle Pottery was founded around 1770 and owned by the Buchan family from 1867. In 1879 it was rebuilt and extended onto the site of an earlier pottery's harbour. In 1972, just before closure, it was making stoneware from Devon and Cornwall clay. The drum-shaped objects are saggers. These are fire-clay cases which protect the objects being fired from the smoke, and ensure that they are baked evenly. Although Scottish potteries made some use of local clay, their sites were usually chosen for their nearness to a good supply of coal. It took about 15 tons of coal to fire one ton of pottery. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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