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made in Glasgow

Soup plate
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This blue and red transfer-printed earthenware soup plate was made for export to South East Asia, by the Glasgow potters, J. & M.P. Bell & Co. Ltd. The pattern is called 'PEKIN' and was registered in 1889.

The centre shows a large pagoda with a conical roof - a representation of the Temple of the Sun in Peking. The border pattern consists of a chain of lozenges, each containing a flower shape.

During the second half of the 19th century Bells developed a range of designs specially geared to the Eastern market. One of the design innovations used by them was the two-coloured printed pattern, where the central motif and border were of different colours, as in this example.

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