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This transfer-printed earthenware saucer was made by the Glasgow potters, J. & M.P.Bell & Company. It dates from around 1860.

The pattern is called 'Triumphal Car'. The centre shows a woman in a chariot drawn by two lionesses. Two women playing musical instruments are heading the procession.

This was one of Bell's most popular and enduring patterns and was made in a number of different versions. James Jamieson of Bo'ness and John Thomson of Glasgow also produced the pattern.

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• Online ID: 000-100-104-324-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  A.1960.18
• Date: Around 1860
  c. 1860
  
• Material: Earthenware. Inscription: A rayed eagle with wings outspread standing on a scroll inscribed Triumphal Car / below: J. & M.P.B. & Co. / 7 / 12
  
• Dimensions: 6.13" D
  
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• Who: J. and M.P. Bell and Co., Glasgow (Maker)
  
• Where: Scotland, Lanarkshire, Glasgow
  
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• Description: Earthenware saucer printed in purple with a woman in a chariot drawn by two lionesses and accompanied by two women, made at the factory of J. and M.P. Bell and Co., Glasgow, c. 1860
  
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