Mauchline Ware, originating from Mauchline in southwest Scotland produced wooden souvenirs over a period of some one hundred years ending when the factory of the last producer still operating burnt to the ground in 1933.

Around 1825, two Mauchline men, William and Andrew Smith, set up a factory to make snuff-boxes. Out of this venture grew an industry which was to dominate the market for wooden souvenirs during most of the Victorian era.

They achieved phenomenal success over three generations especially, from the 1850’s onwards, in the production of souvenirs embellished with transferred engravings of scenes in or around the area of Mauchline.