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This transfer-printed earthenware soup plate was made by John Thomson & Sons of Annfield Pottery in Glasgow's Gallowgate. It dates from the second half of the 19th century and was exported to South East Asia.

The pattern is called 'Alhambra' after a Moorish palace in the city of Granada in Spain. The centre shows an eight point star of leaves in a circle. The border pattern consists of six panels with scalloped edges.

This plate is one in an extensive collection of Scottish plates found in the bazaars and markets of Java, Sumatra and Borneo, areas for which they were undoubtedly produced.

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• Online ID: 000-100-103-901-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.MEK 625
• Date: 1850 - 1900
  Second half of the 19th century
  
• Material: Earthenware. Inscription: Alhambra / J.T. & SONS / JOHN THOMSON / & SONS
  Plate, soup
  
• Dimensions: 220 mm
  
• What: Plate, soup
  
• Subject: Post-medieval pottery and porcelain (NMAS Classification)
  
• Who: John Thomson and Sons (Maker)
  
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• Description: Earthenware soup plate with a fluted border, twenty-four straight sides and a centre pattern showing an eight point star, by J. Thomson and Sons about 1850 - 1900 for export to south-east Asia
  
• References:
  • Calder, J (ed.). The Enterprising Scot. Edinburgh: NMS, 1986, pp 108-112. 
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