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Lot 14:
From the original P&O vessel The Oriana an as used on board dining side plate which is dated circa 1960’s and shows the traditional diamond pattern around its edge. The item is a Chinacraft Royal Porcelain plate designed by Queensbury Hunt for the Oriana and the size is 6" (16cm) wide.
[The first Oriana was built in 1960 by Vickers-Armstrong’s, Barrow. Ordered by, and registered to the Orient Steam Navigation Co, she was delivered to P&O Orient Lines with the distinctive Orient Line corn-coloured hull. She served on the route to Australia from Southampton (unlike earlier Orient Liners which sailed from London). In 1962 she collided with the carrier USS Kearsarge between San Francisco and Los Angeles in fog. Her hull was repainted white in 1965, when she was transferred to full P&O registry.]
Measurement: 16 CM
Excellent
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