BRITISH AFRICAN STEAM NAVIGATION CO. LTD: CHINA SOUP PLATE WITH COMPANY CREST, BY MINTON, CIRCA 1904 Dimensions – 9in. (23cm.) B2 minor firing fault to reverseFootnote: The line was founded in 1868 when Alexander Elder went into partnership with John Dempster as Liverpool agents of the B.A.S.N. Co. of Glasgow. In 1880 Elder Dempster and Co. became managers of the British African line, finally acquiring the line in 1889/1900Condition report: B2 minor firing fault to reverse