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This red and green 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.

During the second half of the 19th century Bells developed a range of designs specially geared to the Eastern market. One of the design innovations used by them was the two-coloured printed pattern, where the central motif and border were of different colours, as in this example.

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• Online ID: 000-180-002-018-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland Part 2
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.MEK 672
• Date: 1850 - 1900
  Between 1881 and the 1920s
  
• Material: Earthenware. Inscription: J & M-----Ld / TRADE MARK / AMBOINA / B / 2 / 2
  Plate, soup
  
• Dimensions: 240 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 of a circle covered with a repeat pattern of circles, by J. and M.P. Bell and Co. Ltd of Glasgow about 1850 - 1900 for export to south-east Asia
  
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