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SAUCER, PORCELAIN, GOLD AND RED PARTTERN

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c. 1930

Overview

Round with a slightly dished centre the lip of the item is scalloped. Central motif in Grecian style of three female figures dancing with a Cherub playing a lute surrounded by a gilt ring with floral design. Green outer ring with four red semi circular pieces with gilt floral design.

Historical information

Samuel Thomas Lindsey was born in Swaffhelm England in 1885 and died in Armadale in 1963. He became an ordained priest in 1911, serving in many different locations including St. Albans Highgate (1910-1912), St. George's Cathedral (1912-1915), St. Mary's West Perth (1915-1917), Brookton (1917-1920), Kellerberrin (1920-1921), Gingin (1921-1925), Armadale (1925-1935), Maylands (1936-1947) and Leederville (1947-1949). He retired in 1949 to live in Armadale, but volunteered his time to the Church of England Armadale. This saucer would have been a decorative item in his Armadale home.

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Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2005.3

Year

c. 1930

Statement of significance

This is part of a collection of items used by Samuel and Cecily Lindsey in the mid 1900s. Samuel was an Anglican priest who worked at a variety of ministries across Western Australia including St Matthew's Church in Armadale between c1925 and 1935. The Lindsey family would have lived at the nearby Rectory building located on Prospect Road. Following Samuel's retirement in 1949 he and Cecily moved back to Armadale where they lived until the mid 1960s.

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