Church Plate conjures up images of old silver ware, once used for communion and now stored safely away from light fingered visitors. Well, we have absolutely none of that at Market Lavington Museum. What we do have, just given to the museum, is a plate with an image of the church on it.
Commemorative Plate given to Market Lavington Museum shows the parish church
The wording reads, simply, ‘MARKET LAVINGTON PARISH CHURCH’.
The plate was made by the Argyle company.
Plate manufacturer
The plate even has a price sticker on it.
The plate still has a price sticker on it
The plate was given in what we think was its original box and packaging. The packaging consists of pages from a ‘Drive’ supplement of the Wiltshire Gazette and Herald, dated 1999. That probably gives us our best idea of the date of the plate.
Crockery like this was made and marketed locally several times so we cannot be certain as to age. What we can say is that this plate is in pristine condition.
Tags: 1990s, 1999, China, Commemorative, Market Lavington, Museum
Market Lavington Museum 
March 8, 2013 at 11:18 am |
I remember buying one of these brand new probably in the nineteen seventies from a church stall at the village fete. I may still have it.
March 8, 2013 at 12:58 pm |
Thanks John.
I think this one could be a ‘second edition’ produced a bit later.
Rog
Curator