New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, N.B., 3342 and 3343

English plates: "Ye Canterbury Pilgrims" c. 1902, and "Mrs. Bardell" 1882-91

Royal Doulton Manufactory

earthenware, 2.3 x 7.6 cm and 2 x 7.4 cm, respectively

These plates belonged to Katherine Matthew, and were given to the Museum by her daughter, Eliza.  They depict a band of pilgrims to Canterbury, and Mrs. Bardell, a character from Charles Dickens' The Pickwick Papers.