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Fruit Dish
Could be called fruit cup, goblet bowl or tazza. Cream-coloured background, inside of bowl very ornate with gold and hand-painted flowers in purple, blue, orange and yellow. Outside of bowl and stem decorated in small clumps of hand-painted flowers. Dinner service for 12 consists of: 2001.24.1a-l 12 Dinner plates 2001.24.1m-x 12 Luncheon plates 2001.24.1y-aj 12 dessert plates 2001.24.1ak-av 12 sandwich plates 2001.24.1aw-bh 12 side plates 2001.24.1bi-bt 12 fruit cups 2001.24.1bu-cf 12 saucers for boullion cups 2001.24.1cg-cr 12 boullion cups 2001.24.1cs-dd 12 dinner lables 2001.24.1de-dj 6 wine goblets Belonged to Nina and Leigh Salter of Vancouver, B.C. Nina and Leigh were married and six months later Leigh was killed in action in the Second World War. Nina never remarried. Leigh's father was a prominent lawyer in Vancouver, and one of the original partners of Davis & Co. Cream-coloured with gold trim, fruit cups and saucers for boullion cups are hand-painted with small multi-coloured flowers. See individual records for full description and measurements.