| Description
| Oval serving plate with blue and white floral transfer printed design, gilt edged. Printed on base: CLEMATIS J & M P B & Co Ld GLASGOW with impressed bell shape and initials 'JB' inside. Made by Bell's of Glasgow in pattern Clematis.
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). |
