Details

Name

Bell's Pottery

Brief Biography

early 1840s - circa 1911, Scottish

Occupation

Potter

Description

John and Matthew Perston Bell opened the Glasgow Pottery, Bell's Pottery in the early 1840s. The company became very successful, producing pottery for local and overseas markets. Matthew died in 1870 and by the time his brother died in 1880 he was in debt, possibly due to the severe economic recession that was exacerbated by the failure of the City of Glasgow Bank in 1878. The company was sold as a going concern but competition from English and Dutch pottery manufacturers was too stiff and production at the Glasgow Pottery ended around 1911.