| Accession No |
2014.54.95
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| Name/Title |
TRAY, CHEESE AND KNIFE
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| Brief Description |
A rectangular cheese tray with knife. Tray, made from horozintal strips of laminated New Zealand timbers, has an indentation for a cheese knife and a frosted glass insert etched with a scene of a marae and trees. Under image are the words' MARAE/Maori meeting place/N.Z.''
Cheese knife has a koruru with paua eyes and a lighter coloured wooden blade sharpened on both sides with two points on the end.
The back of the tray has a rectangular shaped label with ""Sovereign"/CHEESE TRAY" printed on it accompanied by a list of the native New Zealand woods used which are pukatea, kaikawaka ,tawa, kahikatea, matai and rewarewa.
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| Classification |
Knife, Cheese/Food Processing T&E/Food T&E/T&E For Materials/Nomenclature
Tray, Serving/Food Service T&E/Food T&E/T&E For Materials/Nomenclature
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| Primary Maker |
Sovereign Woodworkers Limited (estab. 1949, closed 1992)
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| Primary Prod Date |
1964-1972
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| Primary Prod Place |
Whanganui
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| Measurement Reading |
18.5cm
13.5cm
25.5cm
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| Signature/Marks |
"Sovereign"/NEW ZEALAND TIMBERS
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| Collection |
Sovereign Woodwork Collection
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