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The Cabot Commemorative State Dinner Service is an eight course service with 24 place settings. |
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The soup plates are of bone china, the blanks produced by Doulton & Co. of Burslem, Staffordshire, England, and each has a circular shallow bowl with a scalloped rim. Each plate is painted with a "Historic Landscape of Canada," within a painted border of a gilt scroll and trellis design; the heraldic shield of the province depicted is incorporated into the gilt-painted rim design. This rim design was approved by the Ceramic Committee of the Women's Art Association of Canada. |
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The fish plates are of bone china, the blanks produced by Doulton & Co., of Burslem, Staffordshire, England. The plates are circular with a scalloped rim. Each plate is painted with designs of fish, shells and seaweeds from Canada's seas, rivers and lakes, within a painted border of a gilt scroll and trellis design. |
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The dinner plates (or meat plates) are of bone china, the blanks produced by Doulton & Co. of Burslem, Staffordshire, England. The plates are circular with a scalloped rim. Each plate is painted with a "Historic Landscape of Canada," within a painted border of a gilt scroll and trellis design; the heraldic shield of the province depicted is incorporated into the gilt-painted rim design. |
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The game plates are of bone china, the blanks produced by Doulton & Co. of Burslem, Staffordshire, England. The plates are circular with a scalloped rim. Each plate is painted with a different Canadian game bird, and plants from the habitat of each bird are painted on the border; the rim is edged with small, stylized maple leaf motifs. |
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The salad plates are of bone china, the blanks produced by Doulton & Co. of Burslem, Staffordshire, England. The plates are circular with a scalloped rim. Each plate is painted with a different Canadian fern within a painted border of a gilt scroll and trellis design. |
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The cheese plates are of bone china, the blanks produced by Doulton & Co. of Burslem, Staffordshire, England. The plates are circular with a scalloped rim. Each plate is painted with a Canadian songbird within a painted border of a gilt scroll and trellis design. |
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The dessert plates are dishes of bone china, blanks supplied by Doulton & Co. of Burslem, England. The dishes are shallow with indented, moulded edges. Each dish is painted with a different wild or cultivated fruit of Canada. |
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Twenty-four coffee cups and saucers are of bone china, the blanks produced by Doulton & Co. of Burslem, Staffordshire, England. The cups are lobed with scroll handles and the saucers are lobed. Each cup and saucer is painted with wild flowers of Canada, and has a gilt rim and handle. Twelve coffee cups and saucers are Limoges. These coffee cups are straight-sided, with a ring handle, and the saucers are circular. |
SOUP PLATES | FISH PLATES | DINNER PLATES Menu | Introduction | History | Dinner Service |
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