DISH, KIDNEY - METTERS KOOKA
c. 1920 - 1994Medical Kidney Dish, white enemal, black rim edge, with a blue white and bronze coloured round sticker label with text in the middle on the dish. Some of the black edge enamel has broken off.
This kidney dish was used by members of the Cosgrave and Glew families of Armadale. In the early 1925 Benjamin Cecil Glew married Teresa Cosgrave at St Francis Xavier's Roman Catholic Church in Armadale. Teresa was born in Armadale in 1899.
The dish ended up with their daughter Patricia who in the 1940s married Bert Ten Haaf and moved to Yangebup.
The dish was made by Metters Limited, an Australian company widely known for its stoves and ovens. The company also manufactured a variety of metal agricultural, bathroom, medical and kitchenware products.
Details
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text on sticker [METTERS KOOKA BRAND]
This object is part of a collection of items associated with a person or family who have played a significant role in the economic, community or social development of the City of Armadale. This can include holding key political or social positions within the community, being a key contributor or member of a community organisation, a strong contributor to improving the well-being of the local community, a prominent figure in a local business or industry, developer of new industries or activities or someone who grew up in the area and moved away and had a noteworthy career or life.
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