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This transfer-printed earthenware soup plate was made for export to South East Asia, by the Glasgow potters, J. and M.P. Bell and Company Ltd. The pattern is called 'MALAYESQUE' and was registered in 1887.

The registry number for this plate is 88780.

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: 000-100-104-508-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.1993.599
• Date: Around 1887
  c. 1887
  
• Material:
• Dimensions: 247 mm D
  
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• Who: J. and M.P. Bell and Co Ltd., Glasgow Pottery, Glasgow (Maker)
  
• Where: Indonesia, Java, Djakarta
  Scotland, Lanarkshire, Glasgow (Lanarkshire, Glasgow Pottery)
  
• Event:
• Description: Soup plate made for export by J. and M.P. Bell and Co, Glasgow Pottery, in blue "Malayesque" printed pattern: collected Djakarta, Java, Indonesia, 1991, c. 1887
  
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