Plate

This plate is one of eighteen from a pink porcelain dessert service made by the Glasgow potters J. and M.P. Bell & Company. The company started producing this type of porcelain service in the 1860s.

The centre of each plate is decorated with a hand-painted view of Scottish scenery. This scene is entitled 'Falls of Bruar'.

Bells, one of the largest Scottish potteries, were aiming for the expanding middle-class market, with its growing interest in a romantic view of the Scottish landscape. Many Glasgow brides bought services similar to this for their best china cupboard.

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• Online ID: 000-180-001-265-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland Part 2
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.MEK 1129
• Date: Around 1860s
  
• Material: Pink porcelain
  
• Dimensions: 23 mm H x 234 mm rim D
  
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• Subject: Post-medieval pottery and porcelain (NMAS Classification)
  
• Who: J. and M.P. Bell and Co. (Maker)
  
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• Description: One of eighteen plates from a pink porcelain plate service, by J. and M.P. Bell and Co.
  
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