Diameter: 23.5cm x Height: 2.6cm
A cream coloured circular shaped commemorative china plate that has gold band on the edge and scalloped moulded rim. The centre of the plate has a decal printed image of a Loyalist figure who wears a black hat, a green vest with a blue and red coat. Below the Loyalist figure, the black printed words are "Shelburne, N.S.// HOME OF THE LOYALISTS// FOUNDED 1783". The back of the plate is cream coloured and it has a manufacturers' mark on the upper centre of the base, reads "Decorated in Canada for G.R.SAUNDERS LTD.// Kentville. N.S.// 22K. Gold".
Plate likely created to commemorate the 200th anniversary (bicentennial) of the arrival of Loyalist refugees fleeing America after the American War of Independence in Nova Scotia. In the fall of 1783, a second wave of settlers arrived in Shelburne. The community was settled by Loyalists soldiers of the Duke of Cumberland's Regiment. By 1784, the population of this new community is estimated to have been 17,000, making it the fourth-largest city in North America.
