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Soup plate

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made in Glasgow

Soup plate
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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 'AMBOINA' and the plate dates from between 1881 and the 1920s.

The centre shows a circle covered with a repeat pattern of circles, alternating with smaller circles and squares. The border pattern consists of a pattern of circles linked by 'C' shaped bands with stars and trefoils.

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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