Soup plate

Add to album

This transfer-printed earthenware soup plate was made by the Glasgow potters, Robert Cochran & Company. It dates from the second half of the 19th century and was exported to South East Asia.

The pattern is called 'AGRA' after the Indian city of the same name, located around 100 miles south-east of Dehli and known for the Taj Mahal. The centre of the plate shows a large eastern building with domes and towers. Steps from a small summer house lead down into a garden with trees.

This pattern was also produced by J. & M.P. Bell's Glasgow pottery.

Record details

To search on related items, click any underlined text below.

• Online ID: 000-100-103-916-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
  Project description   View all records in project
• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.MEK 642
• Date: 1850 - 1900
  Second half of the 19th century
  
• Material: Earthenware. Inscription: AGRA / TRADE MARK / COCHRAN GLASGOW / B
  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 scalloped edge, with a centre showing a large eastern building with domes, by R. Cochran and Co. of Glasgow about 1850 - 1900 for export to south-east Asia
  
• References:
• Translations:
• Related Records: