Soup plate (detail)

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This detail shows the mark of the Glasgow potters, Robert Cochran & Company. It is on the base of a transfer-printed earthenware soup plate made in the second half of the 19th century and exported to South East Asia.

The mark consists of a seated figure of Britannia with the company name 'R. COCHRAN & Co. GLASGOW' above and the pattern name 'ETRUSCAN SHIELD' below.

This plate is one in an extensive collection of Scottish plates found in the bazaars and markets of Java, Sumatra and Borneo, areas for which they were undoubtedly produced.

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• Online ID: 000-190-002-174-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.MEK 641
• Date: 1850 - 1900
  Second half of the 19th century
  
• Material: Earthenware. Inscription: R COCHRAN & CO GLASGOW / ETRUSCAN SHIELD / TRADE / MARK
  Plate, soup
  
• Dimensions: 245 mm
  
• What: Plate, soup
  
• Subject: Post-medieval pottery and porcelain (NMAS Classification)
  
• Who: R. Cochran and Co., St Rollox, Glasgow (Maker)
  
• Where: Scotland, Lanarkshire, Glasgow, St Rollox
  
• Event:
• Description: Earthenware soup plate with a centre pattern showing three shield shapes against a background of stars, by R. Cochran and Co. of Glasgow about 1850 - 1900 for export to south-east Asia
  
• References:
  • Calder, J (ed.). The Enterprising Scot. Edinburgh: NMS, 1986, pp 108-112. 
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