DISH, VEGETABLE - BLUE AND WHITE PATTERN
1890 - 1950Oval glazed earthenware Victorian vegetable dish blue floral pattern on white background, curved handle at each end . Lip around top for lid. Has raised curved outside edge. On bottom a oval shaped white foot base with scalloped edges.
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 the c1945. This dish was used at the Glenview to serve vegetables to guests at dinner time.
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[RD576593]
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.
