850th Anniversary City of Glasgow Plate

This plate was commissioned by the Lord Provost of Glasgow to celebrate the 850th Anniversary of the City.

The design draws on Glasgow’s rich ceramic history and heritage. It echoes a plate made in Bell’s Pottery factory in the late 1880’s and is layered with meaning, symbols and images representing Glasgow’s past and present.

Through the making of this plate an historic connection between the cities of Glasgow and Stoke-on-Trent has been rekindled, creating a new chapter in their shared clay story.

Design elements include:

• Mackintosh Rose, representing the values and virtues of Faith, Hope, Love, Charity
• Thistle, representing the values and virtues of Citizenship, Courage, Kindness, Justice
• Tree, Fish, Bird, Bell
• Buildings: MacLennan Arch, University Tower, Finnieston Crane, Armadillo
• Billy Connolly’s Big Banana Boots
• The Duke of Wellington’s Cone 
• Barrowland Stars
• Clockwork Orange Subway Carriage
• The River Clyde and the Forth and Clyde Canal represented by the two blue lines
• Glasgow’s City Crest

Product size:
D: 26cm