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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Plate

ca. 1890 (made)
Artist/Maker
J. & M. P. Bell & Co. (manufacturers)
Place of origin
Glasgow (made)

Earthenware rice-plate, transfer-printed with 'Makassar' pattern showing stylised Chinese dragons and an oriental peacock with a broad border of roundels and scrolls. Blue.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Scotland
Object type
Plate
Materials and techniques
Transfer-printed earthenware
Earthenware
Transfer-Printed
Brief description
Rice plate, transfer-printed earthenware, 'Makassar' pattern in blue, J.& M.P. Bell & Co. Ltd., Glasgow, ca.1890
Physical description
Earthenware rice-plate, transfer-printed with 'Makassar' pattern showing stylised Chinese dragons and an oriental peacock with a broad border of roundels and scrolls. Blue.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 19cm
  • Height: 3.4cm
checked 17/04/2009
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'MAKASSAR' (pattern name printed in blue to base)
  • J.&M.P Bell & Co. Ltd trade mark: bell inside a belt encorporating the company name and the words 'trade mark'. (printed in blue to base)
  • 'Rd No.147736' (Registration number printed to base beneath trade mark)
  • 'B' in bell (impressed to base)
Gallery label
Blue and White: British Printed Ceramics V&A, 31 Jan 2015 - 3 Jan 2016 2 Rice plate, ‘Makassar’ pattern Glasgow, about 1890 Made by J. & M. P. Bell & Co. Ltd Lead-glazed earthenware Between 1850 and 1900, Scotland became one of the major exporters of household ceramics to the British colonies in South and South-East Asia. J. & M.P. Bell & Co. was one of the biggest and best-known potteries in Glasgow creating designs specifically for this export market, with patterns named after local places such as Makassar in Indonesia. Museum no. C.90-2007(31/01/2015-03/01/2016)
Subjects depicted
Dragon
Peacock
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 106.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.90-2007

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Record createdApril 17, 2009
Record URL
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