Soup plate (detail)

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:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland H.MEK 646
Date:	1842 - 1880 Between 1842 and 1880
Material:	Earthenware. Inscription: WILD ROSE / J & M.P.B. & Co
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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