| Description
| Round dish and lid with blue and white transfer printed design. More of a serving plate / covered plate than a tureen as plate is relatively flat and lid (numbered separately) does not have a gap for a ladle. Plate has a decorated border on outside with flora at the foot. Plate has a circular pedestal foot. Printed on base: ITALIAN LAKES J & M P B & Co.
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). |
