| Name/Title
| Ceramics - Plate |
| Primary Maker
| J & M P Bell & Co Ltd
|
| Measurements
| H 2.8cm (H 1 1/8")
26.5cm (10 7/16")
16cm (6 5/16") |
| Media/Materials
| clay |
| Description
| Dinner plate, white with grey transfer printed pattern. The central scene is of a Warwick Vase on a plinth with trees behind; to the left is a girl playing the lute with a dog sitting at her feet. Background of an avenue with statues and an elaborate arch. The border has four classical vases filled with flowers linked by stylised foliage and bunches of flowers. Made by Bell's Pottery, Glasgow, pattern Warwick Vase. See JHM : 1992 : 71.
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). |
| Theme
| Art, Design and Textiles --Scottish Decorative Arts --Scottish Ceramics
Our History --South Lanarkshire History --South Lanarkshire Domestic and Personal Life --Eating, Drinking and Smoking |
| Signature/Marks
| Insc: N
Mark: Y
Printed : A Warwick vase with WARWICK VASE inscribed on the pedestal and : J. & M.P. BELL & Co on the banner hanging underneath. , Indented : A bell motif surrounded by a strap., Handpainted : 1 |
| Accession No
| JHM:1992:72 |
