Our Treasures: Tea set with a local flavour at Whangārei Museum
25 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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OUR TREASURES
Among the ceramic treasures held by Whangārei Museum is a tea set bearing well-known scenes of the city - the Whangarei Falls, Cameron St and a view of Bank St. The mystery is how did this set, made in England, come into being?
This piqued my interest and set me down a path of research that turned up many interesting facts.
The tea set was made by Grimwades, an English pottery firm based in Stoke on Tent.
This company was set up by the Grimwade brothers, Leonard and Sidney, in 1885.