Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Mardy Colliery (plate)

Ceramic Arts (Manufacturer)

Souvenir plate commemorating the closure of Mardy Colliery, 1990. Decorated with the image from the Maerdy Lodge NUM banner (colliery in background, miner and dragon in foreground holding a parchment marked "Peace Forward to Socialism") in centre and inscribed "Mardy Colliery, the Last Pit in the Rhondda" around the edge.

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

90.90I/1

Historical Associations

Association Type: Colliery
Date: 1990
Place: Maerdy Colliery (Rhondda)
Association Type: Place name
Place: Rhondda Valley

Creation/Production

Role: Manufacturer
Place: England
Period: 1990

Acquisition

donation, 1990

Measurements

diameter (mm): 273

Material

Ceramics

Categories

Coal Mid Glamorgan 1990s
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