Add to albumThis transfer-printed earthenware side plate was made for export to South East Asia, by the Glasgow potters, J. & M.P. Bell & Co. Ltd. The pattern is called 'KEELIN HONG' and was registered in 1889.
The centre shows a dragon and an exotic bird with large feathers. The border pattern consists of four frames filled with octopus-like tentacles. The frames are separated by a scale pattern.
Bells started exporting by the 1860s. Their trade with South East Asia was particularly important.
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- Online ID: 000-100-104-503-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
- Project:
National Museums Scotland
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- Ref: National Museums Scotland H.1993.592
- Date: Around 1889
c. 1889
- Material: Plate
- Dimensions: 165 mm D
- What: Plate
- Subject:
- Who: J. and M.P. Bell and Co Ltd, Glasgow (Maker)
- Where: Indonesia, Java, Djakarta
Scotland, Lanarkshire, Glasgow
- Event:
- Description: Side plate made for export by J. and M.P. Bell and Co, Glasgow Pottery, in blue "Keelin Hong" printed pattern: collected Djakarta, Java, Indonesia, 1991, c. 1889
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