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JUG CERAMIC GOLD & BLUE DESIGN

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1856 - 1976

Overview

Milk jug ceramic white with gold & blue decoration around body, under lip of jug. Round base. Jug body has bulbous bottom that tapers in at top. Handle with gold trim opposite a wide lip with gold edging. Decoration hand painted

Historical information

This dinner set was a gift to Laura Jane Dumsday, born in Brighton in 1841, on her first marriage to a Mr Corner in c1859 in England. They had one child, Laura, born c1860. Jane was soon a widow and in 1869 married George Dumsday in Brighton. In 1885 the Dumsday family moved to Victoria and Jane brought this tea set with her. In 1892 the family moved again, this time to Western Australia, eventually settling down in Forrestdale where the family played a key role in establishing the Forrestdale community. The tea set was passed down through the family to her youngest granddaughter Lillian Ursula Skeet who donated it to the museum.
Laura Jane Dumsday passed away age 95 in Nedlands in 1936. She had eight children, eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren when she passed.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-AK1976.210D

Themes

People
Social History

Material

Ceramic Glaze

Width

92 mm

Height or length

156 mm

Depth

156 mm

Keywords

Weddings

SKEET Lilian Mrs nee Dumsday

DUMSDAY Laura J Mrs nee CORNER

Wedding - Jane corner and Mr Corner

Forrestdale Western Australia

Year

1856 - 1976

Statement of significance

This object is part of a collection of items associated with Laura Jane Dumsday, who played a significant role in the economic, community and social development of the City of Armadale.
This item was brought to Australia when the Dumsday family moved to Victoria and then Western Australia. This item is an example of domestic equipment used locally in the late 1800’s - early 1900’s as well as representing items brought from one life to another by people immigrating to Australia.

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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