B & H

Dish (Hotel Canberra)

Nickle silver plate EPNS A1

Nickle silver plate (EPNS) dessert dish engraved 'Hotel Canberra' at side and stamped under base 'B & H Sydney EPNSA1'. The Canberra Hotel (built as the first hostel) is significant to Canberra, as it "formed part of the early visual and social fabric of the developing city".

Dimensions

Overall 70mm x 115mm

Object number

2005.2.1

Categories

Social History

Credit

gift of Wendy Teakel