Plate

A white soup plate printed and hand-coloured with over-glaze enamels. It has red and yellow lines around the rim. On the edge is the house flag of Devitt & Moore (quarterly red and blue with a white square in the centre), on a ribbon above 'DEVITT & MOORE'S' and below 'AUSTRALIAN LINE OF STEAM AND CLIPPER SHIPS.' Impressed on the base 'ENAMEL PORCELAIN' with the painted pattern number '7310'. Devitt & Moore carried passenger and cargo between Great Britain and Australia from 1863 until the end of the First World War, mainly in sailing vessels.

Object Details

ID: AAA5739
Collection: Decorative art
Type: Plate
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Date made: 1863-1918
People: Devitt and Moore; Devitt and Moore
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 40 x 270 mm
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