This bottle was designed and used as a decorative tea container during the 1800s. The moulds for this piece were found when Belfield's Pottery in Prestonpans was excavated and several examples are known.

This rectangular bottle was made at Prestonpans pottery in the nineteenth century. It has a white glaze with blue edging and is decorated with relief figures on the front and back showing robed Grecian women in yellow coloured dresses and carrying flower laden aprons and wreaths.

Prestonpans in East Lothian has an ancient connection with the manufacture of pottery. It had readily available local supplies of clay and of coal, and therefore had access to two of the essential raw ingredients for the industry. Local entrepreneurs attracted master potters from Staffordshire and the industry thrived from the middle of the eighteenth century.