
Millennium 2001 Sciences


Plate, Millennium 2001 Sciences, issued by Wedgwood 2000 as calendar plate for 2001. Queen's Ware ceramic, 26.6cm diameter. Within green decorative borders, central calendar with surround of twelve images of science icons 1671 to 1953. Including: Babbage analytical engine 1832, Watson-Watt radar 1935, Whittle jet engine 1938, Crick breaking (mapping) genetic code DNA 1953. Brief details on underbase