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This brown transfer-printed earthenware soup plate was made for export to South East Asia, by the Glasgow potters, J. & M.P. Bell & Co. Ltd. The pattern is called 'PEKIN' and was registered in 1889.

The centre shows a large pagoda with a conical roof - a representation of the Temple of the Sun in Peking. The border pattern consists of a chain of lozenges, each containing a flower shape.

Bells started exporting by the 1860s. Their trade with South East Asia was particularly important. After John Bell's death in 1880, the company continued with this trade, producing a remarkable range of specially designed transfer-printed oriental patterns for the area.

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• Online ID: 000-100-103-960-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.MEK 722 A
• Date: Around 1889
  c. 1889
  
• Material: Earthenware. Inscription: J & M P B & Co Ld / PEKIN / Rd No 118729 / B
  Plate, soup
  
• Dimensions: 250 mm
  
• What: Plate, soup
  
• Subject: Post-medieval pottery and porcelain (NMAS Classification)
  
• Who: J. and M.P. Bell and Co. Ltd, Glasgow (Maker)
  
• Where: Scotland, Lanarkshire, Glasgow
  
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• Description: Earthenware soup plate with a centre pattern showing a large pagoda with a conical roof, by J. and M.P. Bell and Co. Ltd of Glasgow, for export to south-east Asia, c. 1889
  
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