Highland_Stoneware

Highland Stoneware

Highland Stoneware

Pottery

Highland Stoneware is a pottery in Lochinver and Ullapool.[1] It was founded by David Grant in 1973–4 with support from the Highlands and Islands Development Board and David Douglas, 12th Marquess of Queensberry.[2][3][4]

The Ullapool branch of the pottery by Loch Broom which was established in 1981

Vases decorated with thistles were commissioned from the pottery for the Queen's Scottish home of Balmoral and they appeared in final photographs of the monarch.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Frank L. Wood (2014), The World of British Stoneware, Troubador, pp. 87–88, ISBN 9781783063673
  2. [2]
    Andrea Peach (2021), "Craft, Souvenirs and the Invention of Tradition in Highlands Scotland", Souvenirs 2021: Design, Craft and Experience, urn:nbn:se:konstfack:diva-8233
  3. [3]
    David Cohen (2008), The Basics of Throwing, University of Pennsylvania Press, p. 140, ISBN 9780812220414
  4. [4]
    Annette Naudin; Karen Patel, eds. (2020), Craft Entrepreneurship, Rowman & Littlefield, p. 81, ISBN 9781786613752
  5. [5]
    Iona M.J. MacDonald (14 September 2022), "Vases by Lochinver based Highland Stoneware spotted in final photos of Queen at Balmoral", Northern Times


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