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Soup bowls Minton

Description

Porcelain soup bowls decorated in the Empress of Ireland pattern with green flower garlands and separate leaf garlands on the border with a green circular belt logo labelled "Canadian Pacific Railway" in the centre on a white body. Made for use in the first class on the Canadian Pacific steamship Empress of Ireland. Salvaged from the wreckage of the Empress of Ireland.

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Title
Soup bowls
Creator
Minton
Date Created
[1913]
Description
Porcelain soup bowls decorated in the Empress of Ireland pattern with green flower garlands and separate leaf garlands on the border with a green circular belt logo labelled "Canadian Pacific Railway" in the centre on a white body. Made for use in the first class on the Canadian Pacific steamship Empress of Ireland. Salvaged from the wreckage of the Empress of Ireland.
Subject
Canadian Pacific Railway Company; Steamboats; Ocean travel; Tableware
Genre
Bowl
Type
Still Image
File Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
CC_AR_00303
Collection
Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection
Source
Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. The Chung Collection. CC-AR-00303
Date Available
2018-05-15
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca/
DOI
10.14288/1.0366711
Category
C.P.R. artifacts
RBSCLocation
Box 447
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Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca/