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This transfer-printed earthenware soup plate was made by the Glasgow potters, Robert Cochran & Company. It dates from the second half of the 19th century and was exported to South East Asia. The pattern is titled number '256'.

The centre shows a cockerel against a background of stylized cloud forms. The border pattern consists of four panels containing a small oriental building and a flowerhead, alternating with panels containing a butterfly against a background of crosshatching.

This plate is one in an extensive collection of Scottish plates found in the bazaars and markets of Java, Sumatra and Borneo, areas for which they were undoubtedly produced.

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• Online ID: 000-100-103-906-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.MEK 631
• Date: 1850 - 1900
  Second half of the 19th century
  
• Material: Earthenware. Inscription: COCHRAN & CO ST ROLLOX / GLASGOW / No 256 / B
  Plate, soup
  
• Dimensions: 215 mm
  
• What: Plate, soup
  
• Subject: Post-medieval pottery and porcelain (NMAS Classification)
  
• Who: R. Cochran and Co., St Rollox, Glasgow (Maker)
  
• Where: Scotland, Lanarkshire, Glasgow, St Rollox
  
• Event:
• Description: Earthenware soup plate with a centre pattern showing a cockerel, naively drawn, against stylized cloud forms, by R. Cochran and Co. of Glasgow about 1850 - 1900 for export to south-east Asia
  
• References:
  • Calder, J (ed.). The Enterprising Scot. Edinburgh: NMS, 1986, pp 108-112. 
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