Rare MAUCHLINE Ware With buy Fitted Compass and Transfer Print of Portobello Sands in Edinburgh

Rare MAUCHLINE Ware With Fitted Compass and Transfer Print of Portobello Sands in Edinburgh

A 19th / early 20th century Scottish Mauchline ware miniature compass box. The turned wood box has a push on domed lid and a base into which a compass is fitted.

The lid has a transfer scene of Portobello Sands in Edinburgh. The box was made as a tourist gift to be sold in the town of Edinburgh.

The compass and box are in good original condition, however there is a faint circular stain on lid as shown in photos. The compass seems to be still working fine.

Approximate dimensions:
Height 1.5cm
Diameter 6cm

Happy to answer any questions and provide additional photos if required.

Please check my other Mauchline ware items, happy to agree a special price on multiple items and combine postage.

Buyers outside the UK are responsible for paying the additional costs such as duties, taxes, and customs clearance fees applicable.

About Mauchline Ware:
"Mauchline ware is the name given to small wooden items, produced in the town of Mauchline near Kilmarnock in Scotland from about the 1820s by the firm of W & A Smith and were originally decorated with hand painted and hand drawn designs such as tartan, landscape and Scottish scenes and ferns, and then after about 1850 with transfer prints, which were coated with clear varnish.
Most items were made from sycamore wood, which is a close grained pale coloured (almost white) timber in its unpolished state.
Its popularity increased after visitors to the Great Exhibition in 1851 had admired the Mauchline ware on display. Adding to the popularity of Mauchline ware, was the tourist market which was assisted by the building of railway lines to open up the country. The tourist wanted something small buy and easily transportable, as a memento of their holiday and named Mauchline ware souvenirs were produced for this market.
A variety of nick-nacks were made, including spectacle, needle and card cases; money, stamp, games and snuff boxes, egg timers, paper knives, napkin rings souvenir and Christmas ware. By 1900 the market for Mauchline ware had began to decline and in the mid 1930s, the factory closed."

Thank you for looking.