Add to albumThis 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 called 'HUMMING BIRD AND ROSE'. The centre shows a stylized bird above two large rose heads. The border pattern consists of a repeat pattern of roses with thorny stems.
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: 000-100-103-909-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
- Project:
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- Ref: National Museums Scotland H.MEK 634
- Date: 1850 - 1900
Second half of the 19th century
- Material: Earthenware. Inscription: R. COCHRAN & CO GLASGOW / HUMMING BIRD AND ROSE / TRADE / MARK / B
Plate, soup
- Dimensions: 240 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 the centre showing a very stylized bird with flowing tail, 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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