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POMPEY AKAROA'S FAMOUS PENGUIN CUP & SAUCERS
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2 x 138mm diameter porcelain saucers & 63mm tall cup all marked "Pompey" Akaroa's Famous Resident, Pompey the Penguin is Akaroa’s most famous historic local celebrity. A semi-tame yellow-eyed penguin (Hoiho) rescued in 1904, he lived in a barrel in local storekeeper Louis Vangioni's yard, freely waddling down to the sea for fish and returning every day until c1917. Grafton China to rear, the saucers are Very Good 9/10 the cup has a 30mm hairline from the base edge that goes into the body and sightly into the base, Good 7.5/10 (3)
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