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Elevation of Bottle-kiln from South, Developed Section and Plan above Bag-Wall level. Based on 1972 survey. u.s. u.d.
SC 357750
Description Elevation of Bottle-kiln from South, Developed Section and Plan above Bag-Wall level. Based on 1972 survey. u.s. u.d.
Catalogue Number SC 357750
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of EDD 342/1
Scope and Content Section of 1909 kiln 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. During firing, the door was bricked up and the vent (D) and smoke-holes (E) closed. Hot air from the furnaces (A) flowed into the kiln, through the floor-vent (F), up the wall-flues (G) and out the chimney. 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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