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Decorative plate

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Decorative plate

This decorative plate comes from Korond (Corund) in Transylvania, which was part of Hungary before 1920 and is now part of Romania. The inscription is a traditional prayer, ‘Blessing of the house’.

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Ann Beaglehole, Hungarians – Immigration before 1956: navvies and exiles, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/3903/decorative-plate (accessed 10 June 2026).

Story by Ann Beaglehole, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 August 2024.