made in Glasgow

Soup plate

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 'CELEBES' and was registered in 1890.

The centre shows an elongated quatrefoil containing a dragon. The border pattern consists of scallop shells and swags of fringing, interrupted by two lyre motifs and two circles.

Bells started exporting by the 1860s. Their trade with South East Asia was particularly important. After John Bell's death in 1880, the company continued with this trade, producing a remarkable range of specially designed transfer-printed oriental patterns for the area.

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Online ID:	000-100-104-002-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland H.MEK 782
Date:	Around 1890 c. 1890
Material:	Earthenware. Inscription: CELEBES / J & MPB & Co LD / TRADE MARK / Rd No 158409 / B
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 showing an elongated quatrefoil containing a dragon, by J. and M.P. Bell and Co. Ltd of Glasgow, for export to south-east Asia, c. 1890
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