Plate

White, ironstone china plate, with a brown line around the rim. 'PORT LINE' is transfer-printed in brown on a ribbon on the edge (AAA5915-AAA5923) are a similar design. The maker's mark is printed on the base. 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.

Object Details

ID: AAA5919
Collection: Decorative art
Type: Plate
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wedgwood & Co Ltd
Date made: After 1962
People: Port Line Ltd; Wedgwood & Co Ltd Brooks, Victor Edwin Abraham
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Brooks Collection
Measurements: Overall: 20 x 200 mm