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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 pattern is called 'MAKASSAR' and was registered in 1890.

The centre shows a peacock above a grotesque lion. The border pattern consists of two stylized peacock motifs and two oriental monster masks, alternating between four large Chinese motifs.

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: 000-100-103-990-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.MEK 769
• Date: Around 1890
  c. 1890
  
• Material: Earthenware. Inscription: MAKASSAR / J & MPB & Co LD / TRADE MARK / Rd No 147736 / B / 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 design of a peacock above a grotesque lion, by J. and M.P. Bell and Co. Ltd of Glasgow, for export to south-east Asia, c. 1890
  
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