Brass memorial plate
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2008.060.011
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Brass colored memorial plate, possibly a large Offering plate. Has the inscription :- In Loving Memory of Reginald James Dale, 1885 – 1951.
On the back is Houghton S.P stamped into the plate, and above it scratched in is 1081. EMERSON HOUGHTON Born in Birmingham, England in 1889, Emerson Houghton received silversmith training until 1911 when he immigrated to Canada. Houghton settled in Toronto and began working at Roden Bros. Houghton�s Silverware and Plating Ltd. was established in Toronto in 1920 and specialized in ecclesiastical pieces in sterling, silver plate and brass. Houghton passed away in Toronto in 1965 but his business operated until the late 1980s.