made in Glasgow

Soup plate (detail)

This detail shows two marks of the Glasgow potters, J. & M.P. Bell & Company Ltd. One mark is transfer-printed and the other is one of Bell's impressed trademarks. They are on the base of a transfer-printed earthenware soup plate, the design for which was registered in 1887.

There were many variations in Bell's marks. The transfer-printed mark here consists of a circular belt with a bell in the centre. On the belt are the initials 'J & M.P.B & Co. Ld.' Around the bell are the words 'TRADE/MARK' and below the belt is a scroll with the pattern name 'PEACOCK & LILIES'.

The registered design number, 83486 (for 1887), is at the foot of the transfer-printed mark. The impressed mark underneath is a bell with a capital 'B'.

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Online ID:	000-190-002-247-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 691
Date:	Around 1887 c. 1887
Material:	Earthenware. Inscription: J & M P B & Co Ld / TRADE MARK / PEACOCK & LILIES / Rd No 83486/ B
Dimensions:	245 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
Event:
Description:	Earthenware soup plate with a centre design of lilies, a butterfly and a stylized peacock, by J. and M.P. Bell and Co. Ltd of Glasgow, for export to south-east Asia, c. 1887
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