HK Government tableware

Submitted by Dragonista on Sun, 02/23/2014 - 15:05

Hi everyone.

Do any of you remember, own, have photos of etc. any pieces of pre-handover HK Government crockery? The stuff for daily use that was common in canteens and police messes and so on.

I have a small milk jug and a plate, both of which were made in Japan and are in cream pottery with a pale green trim. The letters HK surmounted by a Queen's crown, also in pale green, are on both.

I recall whole tea-sets being sold off at that auction of items with colonial connotations which took place shortly after the handover, but no matter how hard I try, I cannot find a single reference to or image of this crockery on line.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,

Peter Johnson 

 

 10 inch plates,as above described but in white rather than cream and no makers name/origin.

 

Following up...I have put a photo on the site..under 'tableware'..not crockery etc.,but related.

Hi there,

Many thanks to you, and to the others who replied to my query.

May I ask where exactly you posted the photo to which you refer? I cannot find it anywhere.

 

 

I seem to recall that this was an optional extra for recently arrived civil servants who found themselves in a totally empty government quarter. This tableware was also supplied to all government departments for the tea and biscuits without which no meeting could start.

I retired in the 1980s and purchased a tea service from the government supplies department.  It is still in the loft somewhere.