Soup plate (detail)

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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, made for export to South East Asia.

There were many variations in Bell's marks. The transfer-printed mark here consists of a circular belt with a bell in the centre. The bell handle has a star on top. On the belt are the initials 'J. & M.P.B & Co. Ld.' On either side of the bell are the words 'TRADE/MARK'.

Above the belt is the pattern name 'TARLALU BAGUS'. Below is another scroll with the place name 'GLASGOW'. The registered design number, 102258 is at the foot of the transfer-printed mark. The impressed mark to the right hand side is a bell with a capital 'B'. The pattern name also appears in the local S.E. Asian script.

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• Online ID: 000-190-002-249-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.MEK 708
• Date: Around 1888
  c. 1888
  
• Material: Earthenware. Inscription: TARLALU BAGUS / J & M P B & Co Ld / TRADE MARK / GLASGOW / Rd No 10225. / B
  Plate, soup
  
• 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
  
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• Description: Earthenware soup plate with a centre design showing a pagoda and two birds above a bridge, by J. and M.P. Bell and Co. Ltd of Glasgow, for export to south-east Asia, c. 1888
  
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