Cake slice: TSS MONOWAI

Maker
Angus & Coote (estab. 1895)
 Production date
1930-1960
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Object detail

Description
A metal cake slice with a diamond shaped blade and a fouled anchor design handle. The handle has an enamelled badge bearing the name T.S.S. MONOWAI and the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand House Flag. The anchor is wrapped in a separate piece of two stranded wire designed to look like rope.
Accession number
2016.138.1
Museum System ID
37649
Collection type
Objects
Classification
Serving Utensils
Maker and role
Angus & Coote (estab. 1895)
Media/Materials
Metal: 0 - Whole
Measurement details
3D objects (HxWxD): H 46 x W 55 x D 166mm: 0 - Whole
Production place and notes
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
On display?
Not on display

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