Plate, Dinner
Description
A transferware dinner plate featuring a grey neoclassical design. The central image features a collection of three vases, a bowl and a candelabrum. The border of the plate features an ornate pattern.
" ETRUSCAN VASES " features on the underside. " 63 " is also stamped on it. This number has another indistinguishable number and a line above it.
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This
plate
was
part
of
an
Etruscan
Vases
patterned
neoclassical
dinner
set
used
in
the
Officers’
Mess
at
the
barracks
on
Marsland
Hill,
New
Plymouth,
during
the
Taranaki
Wars.
The
dinner
set
was
later
used
by
members
of
the
Hempton
family.
The
pattern
is
a
reference
to
Etruria,
an
ancient
state
of
central
Italy.
Accession number
TM2003.099
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