Port Ellen Pottery, Islay, any ideas?

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Post by HelenC Sat Sep 07, 2024 3:04 pm

I’ve acquired a pair of these goblets but can’t find any trace of the maker - I believe the stamp reads ‘Port Ellen, Islay’ - nicely made but rather unusually glazed to the base. Any suggestions welcome.Port Ellen Pottery, Islay, any ideas? Img_8612
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Post by philpot Sat Sep 07, 2024 3:52 pm

Port Ellen Isle of Skye has a famous whisky distillery. I wonder if these were souvenir/gift items associated with the distillery?
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Post by NaomiM Tue Sep 10, 2024 5:02 pm

There's a reference from Frommer's Scotland, 8th Edition, 2004, to "Port Ellen Pottery, Port Ellen, which sells brightly colored goblets, jugs, mugs, and other functional wares daily from 10am to 5pm"
Although there's no further reference so it may now be closed. No mention who the potter was.

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Post by HelenC Tue Sep 10, 2024 5:24 pm

That’s great, Naomi, at least I now know there was a pottery there! I’ll do a little more digging.
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Post by HelenC Tue Sep 10, 2024 5:28 pm

philpot wrote:Port Ellen Isle of Skye has a famous whisky distillery. I wonder if these were souvenir/gift items associated with the distillery?
Not sure they would have sold pottery, I would have expected  glass/crystal - but thank you for the pointer to Port Ellen distillery, it took me on a long and interesting detour through the world of ‘silent’ distilleries and the enormous sums of money paid for their remaining stock as it is drip fed into the market…..
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Post by NaomiM Tue Sep 10, 2024 5:31 pm

A number of Scottish distilleries commission stoneware flasks from local potteries for limited edition runs of their whiskey for sale to tourists

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