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Description: | Earthenware dinner plate made for Sir George Nares' Arctic Expedition of 1875. It is white glazed and transfer-printed in black with an elaborate rope border and the badge of the expedition - a polar bear within a garter. The garter is inscribed 'ARCTIC EXPEDITION 1875'. On the base is printed 'DISCOVERY' ('HMS Discovery' 1874 was one of the expedition's two vessels). Three anchors are printed on the underside of the rim inscribed 'ARCTIC EXPEDITION 1875', 'W.T.COPELAND AND SONS'. The manufacturer's date mark and name are also impressed on the base. There are six similar plates in the museum's collections AAA5349-AAA5354. | Publisher: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/page/7d7ded6fb50d6031e2884961a200be58.html | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Creator: | W. T. Copeland & Sons Ltd | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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