During excavation of a hundred year old post office yard at Saddleworth , near the wine growing Clare Valley , South Australia , decades ago, a variety of interesting items were found , including a smashed up dinner set circa l880s bearing the design name DETROIT, masses of oyster shells , early brass post office mail bag tags .
A Detroit plate , in two pieces , chipped about the edges , with a floral pattern , panels , and an oriental scene , was roughly glued together and kept. It subsequently travelled far and wide within Australia, now part of the Little Darwin collection has been pulled out and might undergo reglueing .
