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Katanning Historical Society > Records

Fruit Dish

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E.I. Poett

1955

Subcollections

Craft & Craft Making Equipment

Domestic Items or Equipment

Overview

A fluted oval shaped china painted dish with a gold edging on a stand. The stem of the dish is brown and in the bowl of the dish are four green grapes, a pear, a red apple and four blackberries in front of the other fruit. The background of the bowl is mottled in purple, green, brown and yellow colours.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-202-HS2025.436

Item type

Domestic Objects

Material

Width

14.3000 cm

Height or length

7 cm

Depth

10.8000 cm

Inscriptions and markings

On the base of the fruit dish hand painted in gold lettering is "Handpainted by E.I. Poett 1977"

Year

Last modified

Friday, 21 November, 2025

Completeness

83

Copyright and Reference

Copyright and Reference

Copyright category

Other

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Attribution requirements

Courtesy of Katanning Historical Society.

Katanning Historical Society

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