PLATE

Dimensions2 x 23 cm (13/16 x 9 1/16 in.)

Object numberHF.2017.15.6.1-2

DescriptionTwo white ceramic plates with green decorative details. At the center of the top edge is a logo with three feathers within a crown and “Prince of Wales” within a banner below. Around the exterior edge of the plate is pattern of alternating tall and short lines, parallel to each other and connected horizontally at the top of the short lines. The center of the plate is slightly sunken. At the center of the exterior bottom is a maker’s stamp for “Vitreous Ironstone / Dunn Bennett & Co. Ltd. / Burslem / Made in England”.
Narrative

Prince of Wales College, in Charlottetown, operated from 1860 until 1969, when the College amalgamated with St. Dunstan's University to form the University of Prince Edward Island. The College served as a junior college, offering the final two years of high school, the first two years of university, as well as being a school for teachers - the Normal School.

After a devastating fire in 1932, which destroyed the entire campus, it didn't take long for a brand-new campus to welcome students in 1933. The next major construction project wouldn't be until 1961 when a women's residence - named Montgomery Hall after the College's most famous graduate - was built. The donor noted that these two plates were a "nice reminder of the short-lived ladies' residence". Affectionately known as "Lucy's Place or Monty Hall", the residence only operated for 7 years before the school joined with St. Dunstan's.