PLATE, LUNCHEON
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1930
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Materials
- BONE CHINA
- Catalogue Number
- P20100027010
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1930
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Materials
- BONE CHINA
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 1.9
- Diameter
- 22.9
- Description
- LUNCHEON PLATE, BONE CHINA. WHITE PLATE WITH TRANSFER PATTERN BORDER OF ART-DECO STYLE STALKS OF WHEAT AND MAPLE LEAFS. TOP OF PLATE MARKED, "CANADIAN PACIFIC" IN BLUE. BACK OF PLATE MARKED WITH BLACK IMAGE OF KING'S CROWN OVER A GLOBE FLANKED BY TWO LAUREL BRANCHES. GLOBE IS MARKED, "MINTONS." "EST. 1795, ENGLAND" IS MARKED UNDERNEATH GLOBE. BACK OF PLATE STAMPED, "MINTON, CHINA, 4-43". MINOR LOSS ON TRANSFER PATTERN.
- Subjects
- FOOD SERVICE T&E
- Historical Association
- COMMEMORATIVE
- TRANSPORTATION
- History
- ACCORDING TO FRED GREEN, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE CANADIAN PACIFIC (CP), THE PLATE WAS DONATED TO THE GALT IN ORDER TO CELEBRATE THE 125TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DRIVING OF THE LAST SPIKE. THE ANNIVERSARY OCCURRED ON NOVEMBER 7, 2010 AND COMMEMORATED THE "COMPLETION OF CANADA'S FIRST TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD AND A NEW CHAPTER IN [CANADA'S] HISTORY." THE LUNCHEON PLATE WAS USED ON PASSENGER TRAIN SERVICE IN THE 1930S AND 1940S. SEE P20100027001 FOR MORE INFORMATION. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION.
- Catalogue Number
- P20100027010
- Acquisition Date
- 2010-08
- Collection
- Museum
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