PLATTER, SERVING - OVAL BLUE AND WHITE PATTERN
c. 1924 - 1944Earthenware glazed oval platter, blue floral pattern on raised rim, cream background. Makers mark on underside of rim, swan on water above a banner, text on and below banner. Part of dinner set. Trademark on base. Crazed surfaces.
This dish was used at the Glenview Guest House which advertised that it had views of Churchman's Valley and Canning Valley, was serviced by a local bus and had tennis and billiard facilities. Glenview opperated as a guest house from c1920s through to c1940 when advertising seems to have stopped. Mr and Mrs K.W. Gilmore opperated the property from possibly the late 1920s to c1945. This dish was used at the Glenview to serve meat to guests at dinner time and was made by Osborne T.R and Co.
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makers mark text [OSBORNE / TR & Co / T V]
This object is part of a collection that represents the commercial history of the City of Armadale. It represents the many different businesses that have operated in the local area and how those businesses have evolved over time. Businesses play an important role within a community, they provide wanted and needed goods and services, employment, income and opportunities to the local community. They can also operate as important social connectors, places where people gathered and engaged with other members of the community.
