northern lighthouse board breakfast teacup
Museum
The Museum of Scottish Lighthouses
Date
19th century
Object Number
SLM.2019.100
Title

Breakfast Teacup

Object Category
Crockery
Object Name
Teacup
Description

Keepers at offshore stations would be supplied with everything they needed by their employers at the Northern Lighthouse Board. This cup with dominant NLB logo would be one such item supplied so the keepers could enjoy as normal a life as possible on the rocks. Everything the Board supplied from bedding and aprons to cutlery and crockery was stamped with an identify mark to show what was the Commissioners’ official property.

Method
Donation