Soup plate

This blue and red transfer-printed earthenware soup plate was exported to South East Asia by the Glasgow potters, J. and M.P. Bell and Company. It dates from between 1842 and 1880.

The pattern, which was also made by other potteries, is called 'AGRA'. The plate's centre shows a large eastern building with domes and towers and a small summer house.

Bells exported significant amounts of pottery to South East Asia. One of the design innovations used by them was the two-coloured printed pattern, where the central motif and border were of different colours, as in this example.

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Online ID:	000-100-103-927-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland H.MEK 653
Date:	1842 - 1880 Between 1842 and 1880
Material:	Earthenware. Inscription: J & M P B & CO / TRADE MARK / AGRA / B / S.R.P.
Dimensions:	220 mm
What:	Plate, soup
Subject:	Post-medieval pottery and porcelain (NMAS Classification)
Who:	J. and M.P. Bell and Co. (Maker)
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Description:	Earthenware soup plate with a centre design of a large eastern building and a small summerhouse, by J. and M.P. Bell and Co. about 1842 - 1880 for export to south-east Asia
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