| Description
| China, glazed and transfer printed jug. White with blue design incorporating landscape scenes, surrounded by flowers and bands of design. On base: ROSEBERY J & M P B & Co Ld TRADE MARK GLASGOW.
Made by Bell's Glasgow in pattern Rosebery, manufactured between 1881 and 1912.
Bell’s Pottery was established by the Bell brothers in 1841, beside the Forth and Clyde Canal in Glasgow. They made transfer-printed white earthenware but soon expanded into china and parianware. Bell’s produced a vast range of transfer printed china which became extremely popular with middle class families from the West of Scotland. Equally, wares were exported worldwide. The Pottery was in production until 1912. Items may be marked J. & M.P.B. & Co., J. & M.P.Bell & Co, JB (inside a bell, impressed), J. & M.P.B. & Co.Ld. or B (inside a bell). |
