Soup plate (detail)

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This detail shows the mark of the Glasgow potters, Robert Cochran & Company. It is on the base of a transfer-printed earthenware soup plate which dates from the second half of the 19th century. The plate was exported to South East Asia.

The mark includes the company's name 'COCHRAN & Co. St. ROLLOX/GLASGOW' and the pattern name 'JAPAN'.

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: 000-100-103-905-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.MEK 630
• Date: 1850 - 1900
  Second half of the 19th century
  
• Material: Earthenware. Inscription: COCHRAN & Co S ROLLOX* / GLASGOW / JAPAN
  Plate, soup
  
• Dimensions: 240 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
  
• Event:
• Description: Earthenware soup plate with a centre design consisting of a six lobed, fret-patterned flower shape, by R. Cochran and Co. of Glasgow 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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