| Description
| Dinner plate, white with blue floral transfer printed design around border. Gold rim. Printed on base: SANDHURST J & M P B & Co Ld GLASGOW Rd. 153090 with impressed bell shape and initials 'JB'. Made by Bell's of Glasgow, one of six plates acquired at same time.
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). |
