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This green and 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 pattern in called 'BANDA' and was registered in 1889.

The centre shows an abstract circular pattern, cut by four lines to form five squares. The border pattern consists of trellis work with bunches of grapes and vine leaves.

During the second half of the 19th century Bells developed a range of designs specially geared to the Eastern market. One of the design innovations used by them was the two-coloured printed pattern, where the central motif and border were of different colours, as in this example.

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• Online ID: 000-100-103-977-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.MEK 743
• Date: Around 1889
  c. 1889
  
• Material: Earthenware. Inscription: BANDA / J & M P B & Co Ld / TRADE MARK / .. No 131849 / 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 an abstract centre pattern of a circle cut by four lines, by J. and M.P. Bell and Co. Ltd of Glasgow, for export to south-east Asia, c. 1889
  
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