Soup plate (detail)

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This detail shows the mark of the Glasgow potters, J. & M.P. Bell & Company. It is on the base of a transfer-printed earthenware soup plate, made between 1842 and 1880 and exported to South East Asia.

There were many variations in Bell's marks. This one consists of wild rose heads with a scroll placed on top. The pattern name 'WILD ROSE' is contained with in the scroll and the company initials 'J. & M.B.P. & Co' appear underneath.

Some of Bell's exported plates can still be found in the bazaars and markets of South East Asia.

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• Online ID: 000-190-002-177-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.MEK 646
• Date: 1842 - 1880
  Between 1842 and 1880
  
• Material: Earthenware. Inscription: WILD ROSE / J & M.P.B. & Co
  Plate, soup
  
• Dimensions: 260 mm
  
• What: Plate, soup
  
• Subject: Post-medieval pottery and porcelain (NMAS Classification)
  
• Who: J. and M.P. Bell and Co. (Maker)
  
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• Description: Earthenware soup plate with the centre showing a river running under a hump-backed bridge beside a cottage, by J. and M.P. Bell and Co. about 1842 - 1880 for export to south-east Asia
  
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