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On the flange the crest of Murray of Polmaise, a mermaid holding a mirror and combing her tresses in blue.\r\nBody colour: Buff. Glaze: Greyish white, pooling on the flange at the back.\r\nShape: Shape M.  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Garner Bequest, 1965.\nExhibited: Rijksmuseum, No: 138.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Plate of tin-glazed earthenware, attributed to the Delftfield Pottery, Glasgow, ca. 1760-1770.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Archer, Michael. <font -u>Delftware: the tin-glazed earthenware of the British Isles. A catalogue of the collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum</font>. London: HMSO, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1997. ISBN 0 11 290499 8"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Archer, 1966, p.18, Pl: 3."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Garner and Archer, p.76, Pl: 134.B."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Compare Haggarty, George R., and Gray, James A. 'Glasgow and the Delftfield pottery'. <font -u>English Ceramic Circle Transactions</font>. 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