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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 'AYAM-JANTAN' and was registered in 1891.

The centre shows a cockerel with a flowing tail standing in front of a smaller hen. Both have detailed feathers and stand on a cylindrical object. The border pattern consists of a continuous band of scrolls with foliage and stylised flower heads.

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: 000-180-001-257-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland Part 2
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.MEK 797
• Date: 1850 - 1900
  Around 1891
  
• Material: Earthenware. Inscription: :AYAM-JANTAN: / J & MPB & Co LD / TRADE MARK / GLASGOW / Rd No 17429 / 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 cockerel with a flowing tail, and a smaller hen, by J. and M.P. Bell and Co. Ltd of Glasgow about 1850 - 1900 for export to south-east Asia
  
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