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 'MUNGO', possibly after the patron saint of Glasgow. It consists of three kinds of white flower set against a blue background pattern of cracked ice.
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: 000-100-103-913-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
- Project:
National Museums Scotland
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- Ref: National Museums Scotland H.MEK 639
- Date: 1850 - 1900
Second half of the 19th century
- Material: Earthenware. Inscription: MUNGO / TRADE MARK / COCHRAN, GLASGOW
Plate, soup
- Dimensions: 245 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 scalloped edge and moulded border, with an all over pattern of white flowers, 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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