made in Glasgow
This plate is one of eighteen from a pink porcelain dessert service made by the Glasgow potters J. and M.P. Bell & Company. The company started producing this type of porcelain service in the 1860s.
The centre of each plate is decorated with a hand-painted view of Scottish scenery. This scene is entitled 'Falls of Bruar'.
Bells, one of the largest Scottish potteries, were aiming for the expanding middle-class market, with its growing interest in a romantic view of the Scottish landscape. Many Glasgow brides bought services similar to this for their best china cupboard.
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