Plate

White ironstone china dinner plate, with a brown line around the edge. A ribbon inscribed 'PORT LINE' is transfer-printed in brown on the rim. There are six similar items in the collection AAA5856-AAA5861. The maker's mark is printed on the base. This pattern was described by the donor, a purser with Port Line, as the 'Breakfast service'. The Port Line carried refrigerated cargo from Australia and New Zealand and manufactured goods on the outward journey; their ships also carried passengers. Blue Star and Port Lines operated under one management as Blue Star Port Lines from 1968.

Object Details

ID: AAA5859
Collection: Decorative art
Type: Plate
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wedgwood & Co Ltd
Date made: 1962-1968
People: Port Line Ltd; Wedgwood & Co Ltd Brooks, Victor Edwin Abraham
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Brooks Collection
Measurements: Overall: 25 x 230 mm
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