Meat platter (turkey dish)

This meat platter was bought in London in c1893 by Edmund Ambrose Hobbs and his wife Eliza Jane (nee Bulger) as a wedding present for their eldest daughter Minnie. Family tradition has that the dish must be passed down the female line of the family to the one with most daughters. Minnie had 5 surviving daughters - Dorothy (only 1 daughter), Mabel (only had sons), Gladys, Ella (Connie Sullivan's mother) and Maud. The plate passed next to Gladys as she had 5 daughters - Elleen, Olive, Hilda, Beryl and Sylvia. Plate next went to Sylvia as she had two daughters - Jane and Lynn. Jane only had sons, so the plate then went to Lynn who marred an American (Leberknight?) who took it to the USA. There it remained for over 20 years. Lyn did not have any children, so she posted the plate to Connie who was next in line and living in Geraldton. Connie has three daughters, Julie, Linda and Susan, but only Susan has daughters, Taylor, Sophie and Ashleigh. However, they are not interested in having the plate passed on to them. The plate could not go to Connie's aunt Maud who remained in the UK (who has now passed on). She had two daughters, Margaret and Carol, but Margaret only had sons and Carol never married. With agreement from her grand-daughters, Connie Sullivan donated the platter to this museum in 2023.