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Union Steamship Company plate
Union Steamship Company plate

Union Steamship Company plate

Maker (1875 - 2000)
Manufacturer
Date1930-1960
Object number00046228
NamePlate
MediumCeramic
DimensionsOverall: 15 x 172 mm, 188 g
ClassificationsTableware and furnishings
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from the Estate of the late Keith Murray
HistoryUnion Steam Ship Company Limited (of New Zealand) was a major Australian coastal and trans-Tasman shipping company from 1876 to 1972. Shipping companies equipped their ships with badged china of different quality and design according to its use in the ship. This plate was is typically of those plates used in first class dining saloons on RMS AORANGI and SS MONOWAI, 1930 - 1960.
SS WAREATEA, Union Steamship Company of New Zealand, dinner plate
SS WAREATEA, Union Steamship Company of New Zealand, dinner plate
Union Steamship Company of New Zealand Limited
1887 - 1904
Union Steamship Company of New Zealand tablecloth
Union Steamship Company of New Zealand tablecloth
Union Steamship Company of New Zealand Limited
before 1974
U.S.S. Co. (Union Steamship Company of New Zealand) table knife
U.S.S. Co. (Union Steamship Company of New Zealand) table knife
Union Steamship Company of New Zealand Limited
before 1974
U.S.S. Co. (Union Steamship Company of New Zealand) table knife
U.S.S. Co. (Union Steamship Company of New Zealand) table knife
Union Steamship Company of New Zealand Limited
before 1974
Table knife from Union Steamship Company of New Zealand.
Table knife from Union Steamship Company of New Zealand.
Union Steamship Company of New Zealand Limited
before 1974
Table fork from the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand.
Table fork from the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand.
Union Steamship Company of New Zealand Limited
before 1974
Union Steamship Company of New Zealand glass
Union Steamship Company of New Zealand glass
Union Steamship Company of New Zealand Limited
1960-1977
Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand napkin
Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand napkin
Union Steamship Company of New Zealand Limited
before 1989
Union Steamship Company New Zealand saucer.
Union Steamship Company New Zealand saucer.
Union Steamship Company of New Zealand Limited
before 1974
RMS NIAGARA butter knife
RMS NIAGARA butter knife
Union Steamship Company of New Zealand Limited
1930 - 1939
RMS NIAGARA butter knife
RMS NIAGARA butter knife
Union Steamship Company of New Zealand Limited
1930 - 1939
TSS MONOWAI cake server with a handle shaped like an anchor
TSS MONOWAI cake server with a handle shaped like an anchor
Union Steamship Company of New Zealand Limited
1925-1960