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Tableware: Teacup, blue floral pattern

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Teacup with blue transfer print floral pattern. No maker's marks. Glaze worn and eroded, starting to take print off in places. One of a collection of domestic items salvaged in the 1970s from the SS MAORI which ship wrecked in 1909 off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa.

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  • Title

    Tableware: Teacup, blue floral pattern

  • Maker

    Unknown

  • Date made

    Pre 1909

  • Subject

    SS MAORI, Shipwreck, Accidents, Objects, Cup

  • Additional information

    Ceramic: 0 - Whole, 3D objects (HxWxD): H 75 x W 110 x D 80mm: 0 - Whole

  • Rights

    Unknown

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