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This blue transfer-printed earthenware soup plate was made for export to South East Asia, by the Glasgow potters, J. & M.P. Bell & Co. Ltd. The pattern is called 'BUAH BUAH' and was registered in 1889.

The centre shows a selection of tropical fruits, including lychees, mangoes and breadfruit. The border consists of four orchid flowers in cartouches, set against a background pattern of diaper pattern.

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: 000-100-103-968-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.MEK 731
• Date: Around 1889
  c. 1889
  
• Material: Earthenware. Inscription: BUAH BUAH / J & M P B & CO LD / TRADE MARK / Rd No 131572 / B
  Plate, soup
  
• Dimensions: 250 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 pattern which shows a selection of tropical fruits, by J. and M.P. Bell and Co. Ltd of Glasgow, for export to south-east Asia, c. 1889
  
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