Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 143, The Timothy Sainsbury Gallery

Plate

ca. 1887 (made)
Artist/Maker
J. & M. P. Bell & Co. (manufacturers)
Place of origin
Glasgow (made)

Earthenware plate, transfer printed, with bird and butterfly 'Burung Kupu' pattern green centre and red border.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Scotland
Object type
Plate
Materials and techniques
Transfer-printed earthenware
Earthenware
Transfer-Printed
Brief description
Transfer-printed earthenware rice plate, 'Burung Kupu' pattern in green with red border, J.& M.P. Bell & Co. Ltd., Glasgow, ca.1887
Physical description
Earthenware plate, transfer printed, with bird and butterfly 'Burung Kupu' pattern green centre and red border.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 24.8cm
checked 17/04/2009
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Burung Kupu' (pattern name printed to base)
  • J.&M.P Bell & Co. Ltd trade mark: bell inside a belt encorporating, the company name, the words 'trade mark' with 'Glasgow' in a scroll beneath. (printed to base)
  • 'B' in a bell (impressed to base)
  • 'RD No. 87394' (Registration number printed to base beneath trade mark)
Subjects depicted
Bird
Butterfly
Bibliographic reference
Christie's South Kensington sale catalogue: From Scotland to South East Asia and Beyond: the Edwin Robertson Collection of Bell Export Pottery, Thursday 27 September 2007. Lot 9.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.84-2007

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Record createdApril 17, 2009
Record URL
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