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Soup plate (detail)

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made in Glasgow

Postcard of Soup plate (detail).
000-190-002-248-C
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Soup plate (detail)

This detail shows various marks of the Glasgow potters, J. & M.P. Bell & Company Ltd. One mark is transfer-printed, another is a Bell's impressed mark. 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 green 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.' Above the belt is a scroll with the pattern name 'BURUNG KUPU'. Below is another scroll with the place name 'GLASGOW'.

The registered design number, 87394 (for 1887) is at the foot of the transfer-printed mark. The impressed marks are a bell with a capital 'B' and a heart.


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Online ID: 000-190-002-248-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.MEK 698
Date: Around 1887
c. 1887
Material: Earthenware. Inscription: BURUNG KUPU / J & M P B & Co Ld / GLASGOW / Rd No 87394 / B
Dimensions: 250 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 decoration showing two birds and a butterfly, by J. and M.P. Bell and Co. Ltd of Glasgow, for export to south-east Asia, c. 1887
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