A pair of Scottish stoneware vases on pedestals

THE PEDESTALS BY STARWORKS, GLENBOIG, CIRCA 1885

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A pair of Scottish stoneware vases on pedestals
The pedestals by Starworks, Glenboig, Circa 1885
Each of campana shape, surmounted by a foliate overhanging rim, above a waisted body with flowers and foliage, the lower section with stylised foliage, flanked to each side by a scroll handle, on a spreading fluted circular socle with a square base, above a square section pedestal surmounted by a moulded platform, each side with a fielded panel, on a stepped moulded spreading base inscribed STARWORKS J * D GLENBOIG
The vase: 15.1/3 in. (39 cm.) diameter; 48 in. (122 cm.) high overall (2)

Lot Essay

Established in 1836, the Glenboig Company became the largest fireclay company in the world at the end of the nineteenth century. In 1872, James Dunnachie broke-up with his partners and left to build the Star Works, taking new partners such as John Wilson and James Craig to form James Dunnachie & Co. In 1882, due to business depression, Dunnachie and his former partners joined forces again, creating the Glenboig Union Fireclay Company.

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