PLATE, Banjo Paterson Verse

CH1985.60

This plate depicts a barber's shop with the barber soaping up one customer while three others look on, with the verse: "The Man from Ironbark. \ There were some gilded youths who sat along the barber's wall \ Their eyes were dull, their heads were flat, they had no brains \ at all; \ To them the barber passed the wink, his dexter eyelid shut, \ "I'll make this bloomin' yokel think his bloomin' throat is cut." And as he soaped and rubbed it in he made a rude remark: \ "I S'pose the flats is pretty green up there in Ironbark." \ A.B. PATERSON" On the back in brown overglaze: " "The Man from Ironbark" \ The verse of "Banjo" Paterson Plate. \ This is one of a Collector's Set of six plates \ honouring the work of A.B. "Banjo" Paterson \ (1864 - 1941) and released \ in a limited edition of 5000 sets by \ The Moliver Collection. \ Original painting by Bill Leak. \ (logo) THE MOLIVER \ Banjo Paterson \ COLLECTION \\ (crown) \ M \ THE \ MOLIVER \ COLLECTION \\ Bill Leak. \\ FINE (symbol) CHINA \ Westminster \ AUSTRALIA \\ Plate No. 0009 \\ (c) 1984 Retusa Pty. Ltd."

Department: 

History Department

Collection

History Collection

Collection Item Data

Accession Number: CH1985.60
Accession Date: 11 Jul 1985

Material

Bone/Skeletal

bone china

Measurement

diameter237mm

 

 

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