One octagonal white ceramic plate decorated with a black design, the front of the plate is decorated with a portrait of Sir John A. Macdonald sitting in a chair in a fur trimmed coat and holding a cane in his right hand. The portrait is surrounded by a foliage deign, above the portrait is a coat of arms inscribed with "PARVA SUI INGENTI", below the portrait is a stick frame and inscribed inside "RIGHT HON. // SIR // JOHN A. MACDONALD // K.C.B."
Made/Created
Date made
circa 1884
Notes
Country of origin: CANADA
Inscription/Signature/Marks
Transcription
"RIGH HON. // SIR // JOHN A. MACDONALD // K.C.B."
Notes
The inscription is printed in the center of the foliage design around the portrait.
Transcription
"PARVA SUI // INGENTI"
Notes
The inscription is printed on the coat of arms above the portrait.
Transcription
"4"
Notes
The inscription is written in black ink on the back of the plate.
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Plate, Commemorative
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Commemorative
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Memorabilia
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
Search Terms
Commemorative, Commemorative, Communication Artifacts
