White ironstone china entrée plate, with a brown line around the rim. A ribbon inscribed 'PORT LINE' is transfer-printed in brown on the rim. There are five similar items in the collection AAA5873-AAA5877. 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.