Plate, Dessert
Production date
Circa 1833
Description
A dessert plate decorated with a pink and white flower and a bud, large leaves and a gold rim. "Spear Leaved Geranium" and "Spode" are written on the base and a sticker with "ATKINSON/Pitt Street" handwritten on it is stuck to the base.
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Object detail
Artist/Maker
Production role
Maker
Production date
Circa 1833
Production place
Subject person
Classification
Collection
Credit line
This
plate,
part
of
a
Spode
dinner
set,
was
buried
by
Arthur
and
Jane
Maria
Atkinson
near
their
cottage
at
Hurworth
in
1860
when
they
abandoned
it
during
the
First
Taranaki
War.
Attempts
to
recover
them
later
were
unsuccessful
until
one
of
the
sons
of
the
then
owners
of
the
farm,
James
Smith,
discovered
the
buried
china
in
the
1920s.
Annoyed
by
an
order
from
his
mum
to
dig
the
vegetable
garden
James
stabbed
his
gum
spear
into
one
of
the
farm
tracks
and
struck
the
buried
stash.
His
brothers,
Charlie
and
Richard,
helped
him
dig
the
treasure
up
but
it
is
not
known
who
eventually
dug
the
vegetable
garden.
Accession number
A82.523
Collection type
Material
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