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commemorative plate / Success to the Shannon Navigation from Limerick to Athlone, circa 1770s

Plate: pottery, cream-coloured, transfer printed decoration; the centre with inscription 'SUCCESS TO THE SHANNON NAVIGATION FROM LIMERICK TO ATHLONE' within an elaborate rococo frame and below, boats on a river; four groups of birds on border, the edge with raised ornament.

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