[Tea set handpainted by Margaret Pieroni.]
Material type: Text 1985Description: 18 objectsContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Realia | State Botanical Collection | Archives & Manuscripts | RB MSS R2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Not For Loan | 187938-1001 |
Tea set of 6 cups, saucers and plates, handpainted for Basil and Mary Smith in 1985, and depicting 6 of the most common orchids growing near their home in Western Australia. Presented to the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne August 1997. Orchid depicted: Caladenia deformis, C. flava, C. roei, Diuris longifolia, Pterostylis barbata and Thelymitra nuda.