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RARE antique stoneware whisky jug for A. C. Thomson & Co Glasgow circa 1860s 

Highly decorative transferred jar with trademark stag pictorial

Impressed makers mark to base 

H Kennedy Glasgow Barrowfield pottery

Overall condition is excellent ... maybe one small 2mm chip or firing defect to top of lip ?? 

Handle is complete and totally intact

Height 22.5cm Diameter 14cm

 Barrowfield pottery was founded in 1866 by Henry Kennedy, an Irish native, in the Camlachie district of the east of Glasgow, close to Campbellfield and Mount Blue potteries - attractive to potters due to the Camlachie clay beds 

In 1884 heat from a kiln set fire to the premises resulting in the loss of unfinished ware alone mounting to £10,000 - substantial in 1884

The pottery recovered but then Henry Kennedy died and the title changed to Henry Kennedy & Sons in 1891

Barrowfield closed in 1929 as a result of the First World War and subsequent economic depression, US prohibition and competition