| Description
| White with gold /bronze edging band, circular decoration in centre. Saucer with central circular design in red and yelow and decorated edge. Glazed. Stamped: THE GEM, J & M P B & Co on base. Plate made by the Glasgow Pottery of J. and M.P. Bell, pattern name is The Gem. Saucer can be dated on the 1860s using the mark on the base.
(Also see 80.739/1)
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). |
