Cup, Tea & Saucer

Production date
Circa 1903
 Description
A ceramic tea cup and saucer featuring a black and white transfer print of a steam train passing through Inglewood on the cup. The cup and saucer are tan, brown and white and they have thin gold rims. " INGLEWOOD. TARANAKI N.Z " is written below the scene on the cup.
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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 tea cup and saucer are 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
A98.582
Collection type
Social History
Material
Ceramic

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