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PLATE BREAD & BUTTER - STATE BRICKWORKS

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Overview

Round cream glazed bread & butter plate. Black printed logo on plate rim. Logo has a belt around the outside with text on it. Inside the belt is a black swan facing left. Logo [STATE BRICK WORKS].
Makers mark printed on base. Made up of text in a circle with a crown above text. Inside text a stylised W over the top half of a B.

Historical information

Produced by Wembley ware in Subiaco, a major supplier of table wares in Western Australia. Apart of the official tea set for State Brickworks in the city of Armadale. State Brickworks Armadale is a place that is associated with the original Armadale Brickworks and has historic value as the shale material from this site was used to make the bricks, which were used in the construction of many homes in the area. The place has scientific value as a geological site, and is believed to have been identified by the Geological Society of Australia (WA) in 1979 as one of the most significant geological sites in the metropolitan area.

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Registration number

cwa-org-33-AK1976.131

Inscriptions and markings

makers mark [WEMBLY / QUALITY WARE]

Statement of significance

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.

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