NSW Maritime Services Board plate
Maker
Duraline
Datebefore 1976
Object number00049055
NamePlate
MediumCeramic
DimensionsOverall: 24 x 245 mm, 670 g
ClassificationsTableware and furnishings
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionA NSW Maritime Services Board dinner plate.HistoryHerbert Edward (Bert) Young assembled an eclectic collection of maritime objects, books, papers, images and ephemera, and established Young's Maritime Museum from his home in Forestville, a suburb of Sydney, in the late 1960s. This private museum was short-lived and in 1972, Young presented his collection to the Department of Shipping and Transport to hold for incorporation into a future national maritime museum. The collection was transferred to the Australian National Maritime Museum in1987.
SignificanceThis is a good example of china ware produced for the NSW Maritime Services board during the twentieth century.
