Glass from the yacht MORNA
Date1941-1954
Object number00028747
NameTumbler
MediumGlass
DimensionsOverall: 97 x 89 x 80 mm, 0.25 kg
ClassificationsTableware and furnishings
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from Patricia Carruthers
HistoryOne of a set of glasses used by friends and members of the Plowman family on board the yacht MORNA. MORNA was owned by Sir Claude Plowman who raced it in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race winning in 1946, 1947 and 1948. Sir Claude Plowman purchased the yacht from Sir Frank Packer around 1941. After Sir Claude Plowman's death in 1954 the yacht was sold and renamed KURREWA IV.
before 1727
Federated Ship Painters and Dockers Union of Australia
c 1980
Adelaide Steamship Company Limited
1935-1961
