Teaspoon
Description
A silver plated teaspoon which features Ngamotu Beach and commemorates the New Zealand Centenary celebrations in 1940. The teaspoon features an enamelled scene of the beach at the end of the handle. " NGAMOTU BEACH / NEW PLYMOUTH N.Z / N.Z CENTENARY 1940" is written on scroll designs above and below the scene. " EXQUISITE PLATE " is stamped on the reverse of the handle.
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This
teaspoon
was
found
among
the
estate
of
Jack
and
Milly
Nisbet
by
their
nephew
Graeme
Johns
in
2003.
The
Nisbets
operated
the
Palladium
tearooms
at
Ngamotu
Beach
during
the
1930s
and
1940s
and
were
involved
in
various
paid
and
unpaid
roles
on
the
beach
until
the
mid
1960s.
Accession number
A97.706
Collection type
Material
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