Soup plate

Add to album

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 called SHANGHAI'. The centre design is in the 'willow' pattern style, with oriental architecture and trees. The border pattern consists of a repeated scene of an oriental house and a rose, alternating with a geometric pattern.

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.

Record details

To search on related items, click any underlined text below.

• Online ID: 000-100-103-912-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
  Project description   View all records in project
• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.MEK 638
• Date: 1850 - 1900
  Second half of the 19th century
  
• Material: Earthenware. Inscription: R COCHRAN & CO GLASGOW / SHANGHAI / TRADE MARK / 11 / R [or] 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 a centre design showing a scene of oriental architecture in Willow pattern style, 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. 
• Translations:
• Related Records: