Plate, Cake

Production date
Circa 1903
 Description
A ceramic cake plate featuring a black and white transfer print of a steam train passing through Inglewood on the cup. The cake plate is tan, brown and white and has perforations close to the scalloped edge which has a thin gold rim. " INGLEWOOD. TARANAKI N.Z " is written below the scene.
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Object detail

Production date
Circa 1903
Classification
Food Service T&E/Food T&E/T&E For Materials
Credit line
This cake plate is part of a tea set that is thought to be one of 12 tea sets made to commemorate the founding of the Inglewood Borough in 1903. The set is thought to have been purchased from a Waimate woman by the Inglewood Borough Council in 1960. The Inglewood Borough Council became part of the New Plymouth District Council in the 1989 local government reforms.
Accession number
A98.586
Collection type
Social History
Material
Ceramic

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