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This earthenware soup plate was made in the second half of the 19th century by Robert Cochran & Co. at their Britannia pottery in Glasgow. It was designed for the south-east Asian market.

The pattern on the plate is called 'POMEGRANATE'. The centre has a stylized pomegranate with large flower-heads. The design uses two separate colours.

Robert Cochran, already the owner of the Verreville Pottery, established the Britannia pottery as a modern works in 1857, primarily to meet the Canadian export trade.

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• Online ID: 000-100-003-318-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.MEK 637
• Date: 1850 - 1900
  Second half of the 19th century
  
• Material: Earthenware. Inscription: R COCHRAN & CO GLASGOW / POMEGRANATE / TRADE MARK
  Plate, soup
  
• Dimensions: 245 mm
  
• What: Plate, soup
  
• Subject: Post-medieval pottery and porcelain (NMAS Classification)
  
• Who: R. Cochran and Co., St Rollox, Glasgow (Maker)
  
• Where: Scotland, Lanarkshire, Glasgow, St Rollox
  
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• Description: Earthenware soup plate with a centre pattern showing a stylized pomegranate with large flower-heads, by R. Cochran and Co. of Glasgow about 1850 - 1900 for export to south-east Asia
  
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