Scottish poet, not the first, to make pots (4)
I believe the answer is:
urns
'pots' is the definition.
(urn is a type of vessel)
'scottish poet not the first' is the wordplay.
'scottish poet' becomes 'Burns' (Robert Burns).
'not the first' means to remove the first letter.
'burns' with its first letter taken away is 'URNS'.
'to make' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for urns that I've seen before include "Grecian vases" , "Runs to get large vases" , "Large pots for tea" , "Vaselike vessels on pedestals" , "Vase-shaped vessels" .)