Plaque
Description
A thick rectangular tile of black glass with a glass border. Each corner is triangulated with the base in white, red and white lines with a sparkling glitter or stone effect. The centrepiece is a mosaic like decoration of flowers against a blue background within a white border. The design is raised.
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Object detail
Subject person
Classification
Credit line
Alice
Brown
Honeyfield
(nee
Cotterell)
had
emigrated
to
New
Plymouth
in
1881
and
married
widower
Henry
John
Honeyfield
three
years
later.
However,
Henry
tragically
committed
suicide
in
1898,
leaving
Alice
a
widow
and
the
heir
to
his
substantial
fortune.
Although
she
spent
the
rest
of
her
life
based
in
Australia
while
travelling
extensively,
she
never
forgot
the
town
in
which
she
had
spent
her
married
life
and
made
many
donations
and
contributions
to
the
community,
including
tram
shelters,
memorial
gates,
museum
showcases
and
a
children’s
paddling
pool
at
Kawaroa.
Accession number
A73.190
Collection type
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