Soup plate

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This red and green transfer-printed earthenware soup plate was exported to South East Asia by the Glasgow potters, J. and M.P. Bell and Company. It dates from between 1842 and 1880.

The pattern is called 'SIAM'. The centre shows a circular field with Willow pattern style pagodas and boats with a palm tree and rocks in the foreground. The border design includes flower heads, vine leaves and trefoils.

Bells exported significant amounts of pottery to South East Asia. 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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• Online ID: 000-100-103-932-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.MEK 662
• Date: 1842 - 1880
  Between 1842 and 1880
  
• Material: Earthenware. Inscription: J & M P B & Co / TRADE MARK / SIAM / B
  Plate, soup
  
• Dimensions: 220 mm
  
• What: Plate, soup
  
• Subject: Post-medieval pottery and porcelain (NMAS Classification)
  
• Who: J. and M.P. Bell and Co., Glasgow (Maker)
  
• Where: Scotland, Lanarkshire, Glasgow
  
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• Description: Earthenware soup plate with the centre showing a circular field with Willow pattern style pagodas, by J. and M.P. Bell and Co. of Glasgow about 1842 - 1880 for export to south-east Asia
  
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