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This red transfer-printed earthenware soup plate was made for export to South East Asia, by the Glasgow potters, J. & M.P. Bell & Co. Ltd. The design was registered in 1888.

The pattern is called 'TARLALU BAGUS'. The centre design is surrounded by a diaper pattern border and shows a pagoda and two birds above a bridge. The border pattern consists of diaper pattern, scrolls and stylized foliage.

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. The designs were often named using the local language.

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• Online ID: 000-100-103-951-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.MEK 707
• Date: Around 1888
  c. 1888
  
• Material: Earthenware. Inscription: TARLALU BAGUS / J & M P B & CO LD / TRADE .... / G...... / Rd No 102258 / B
  Plate, soup
  
• Dimensions: 245 mm
  
• What: Plate, soup
  
• Subject: Post-medieval pottery and porcelain (NMAS Classification)
  
• Who: J. and M.P. Bell and Co. Ltd, Glasgow (Maker)
  
• Where: Scotland, Lanarkshire, Glasgow
  
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• Description: Earthenware soup plate with a centre design showing a pagoda and two birds above a bridge, by J. and M.P. Bell and Co. Ltd of Glasgow, for export to south-east Asia, c. 1888
  
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