| Description
| White with purple, blue and brown representation of: OPHELIA. Transfer printed and over painted, glazed. On base: J & M P B & Co TRADE MARK OPHELIA. Made by Bell's of Glasgow in pattern Ophelia between 1841 to 1880.
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). |
