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This transfer-printed earthenware soup plate was exported to South East Asia by the Glasgow potters, J. and M.P. Bell and Company. It dates from between 1842 and 1880.

The pattern is called 'BATAVIA'. The plate's centre shows a 20 point star in a large circle edged with a 'Greek Key' pattern. The border decoration consists of five circles, also with 'Greek Key' pattern edges between beading and groups of scrolls.

Bells were exporting pottery in large quantities during the second half of the 19th century. They developed a range of designs specially geared to the Eastern market based on oriental motifs and subjects. Batavia was the capital of the Dutch East Indies.

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• Online ID: 000-100-103-929-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.MEK 655
• Date: 1842 - 1880
  Between 1842 and 1880
  
• Material: Earthenware. Inscription: J & M P B & Co / TRADE MARK / BATAVIA
  Plate, soup
  
• Dimensions: 230 mm
  
• What: Plate, soup
  
• Subject: Post-medieval pottery and porcelain (NMAS Classification)
  
• Who: J. and M.P. Bell and Co. (Maker)
  
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• Description: Earthenware soup plate with a centre pattern showing a twenty point star in a large circle, by J. and M.P. Bell and Co. about 1842 - 1880 for export to south-east Asia
  
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