Glasgow's 850th Anniversary Plate - Bailie Hussain

This striking commemorative plate was specially commissioned by the Lord Provost of Glasgow to mark the city's 850th anniversary.

The design celebrates Glasgow’s rich ceramic heritage, inspired by a plate produced at Bell’s Pottery in the late 1880s. Layered with symbols and imagery, it reflects the city’s vibrant past and evolving present.

Crafted in Stoke-on-Trent, the historic heart of British ceramics, the plate also renews the centuries-old connection between Glasgow and the Potteries — a shared clay story brought into the present.

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