Donation from National Trust (WA)

Stratford Historical Society counts itself fortunate that the National Trust of Australia (Western Australia) recently made available a number of items through their deaccessioning program.

Whilst we would have liked some of the items like a very old sewing machine, we thought it would be a little difficult to have it transported from Western Australia. So, after that, what we really were hoping to acquire was a beautiful supper-cloth with crockery motifs. So we were delighted to receive it, along with a number of beautiful doilies, in the post on Tuesday.

This is the cloth:

and here is a close-up of the motifs. And the phrase "4 o'clock" in all four corners:

Plus some very entranced members and visitors immediately after the package was opened:

Stratford Historical Society very much appreciates the generosity of the National Trust of Australia (Western Australia), in making these items that were surplus to their collection available.