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Plate
A white dinner plate from a service used on board the 'Great Eastern' 1858. In the centre, a sepia transfer-print showing the 'Great Eastern' at sea, Britannia seated in the foreground with a trident, shield, lion, anchor, helmet and caduceus, the whole surrounded by a laurel wreath, roses, shamrocks and thistles below. The edge of the plate is decorated with a border of stud-link chain-cable painted yellow. 'GREAT SHIP COMPANY LIMITED' is impressed on the base with the printed maker's mark.
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Object Details
| ID: | AAA5754 |
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| Collection: | Decorative art |
| Type: | Plate |
| Display location: | Display - Maritime London Gallery |
| Creator: | Kerr & Binns |
| Places: | Worcester |
| Vessels: | Great Eastern (1858) |
| Date made: | circa 1858 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 25 x 240 mm |
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