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 whose pattern was registered in 1888.

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.' Around the bell are the words 'TRADE/MARK' and below the belt is a scroll with 'GLASGOW'.

The pattern name 'KALANTAN' is on a scroll above the belt and the registered design number, 112878, is at the foot of the transfer-printed mark. The impressed mark to the right is of a bell with a capital 'B'.

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Online ID:	000-190-002-309-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 713
Date:	Around 1888 c. 1888
Material:	Earthenware. Inscription: KALANTAN / J & M P B & Co Ld / TRADEMARK / GLASGOW / Rd No 112878 / 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
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Description:	Earthenware soup plate with a centre pattern consisting of a twelve point compass pattern, by J. and M.P. Bell and Co. Ltd of Glasgow, for export to south-east Asia, c. 1888
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