made in Glasgow
This red and green 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 is called 'CHUSAN'. The plate's centre shows a tree with large flowers on a rock by a balcony. The balcony overlooks water and there is a pagoda and set of stairs in the background.
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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