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Needlework; Slipper Pattern

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactpos.07.16

Artist: Serena Matilda Potts (1812 – 1898, American)

Date: 1812 – 1898

Medium: gouache on paper; card

Catalogue Number: PoS.07.16

Description: Hand-painted needlework pattern on gridded card depicting a floral pattern on a V shaped black background. At the top of the design there are small pink and white roses, which move down towards a five-petaled red flower with a yellow center, green leaves and brown brand. Beneath this, there is one …

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Artist: Serena Matilda Potts (1812 – 1898, American)

Title: Needlework; Slipper Pattern

Date: 1812 – 1898

Medium: gouache on paper; card

Dimensions: 31.0 x 24.0 cm

Description: Hand-painted needlework pattern on gridded card depicting a floral pattern on a V shaped black background. At the top of the design there are small pink and white roses, which move down towards a five-petaled red flower with a yellow center, green leaves and brown brand. Beneath this, there is one large ivy or maple leaf. The design finishes with a half circle of small pink and red roses, beneath which are a large red rose, a large white rose, and a purple and yellow pansy at the tip.At the top corner of the grid, the number “4741” is written. This is most likely the pattern’s number. At the bottom of the grid, there is an inscription that reads “Berlin bei Carl F. W. Wicht” which translates from German as “Berlin by Carl F. W. Wicht”. There is a large, bold “3” in the bottom left corner of the grid. The pattern is used to create a slipper.

Subject: slipper; floral; flower; foliage; decorative; needlework

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: PoS.07.16

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Needlework; Slipper Pattern

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactpos.07.17

Artist: Serena Matilda Potts (1812 – 1898, American)

Date: 1812 – 1898

Medium: gouache on paper; card

Catalogue Number: PoS.07.17

Description: Hand-painted needlework pattern on gridded card depicting a floral pattern on a V shaped black background. The pattern features large, red, heart-shaped leaves that span across the entire space. There are six small bundles of blue forget-me-not flowers that are evenly placed throughout the design. …

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Artist: Serena Matilda Potts (1812 – 1898, American)

Title: Needlework; Slipper Pattern

Date: 1812 – 1898

Medium: gouache on paper; card

Dimensions: 30.0 x 22.5 cm

Description: Hand-painted needlework pattern on gridded card depicting a floral pattern on a V shaped black background. The pattern features large, red, heart-shaped leaves that span across the entire space. There are six small bundles of blue forget-me-not flowers that are evenly placed throughout the design. Three pink roses appear near the bottom of the design with green foliage. There is a white circle in the center.At the top corner of the grid, the number “4149” is written. This is most likely the pattern’s number. At the bottom of the grid, there is an inscription that reads “Berlin bei Carl F. W. Wicht” which translates from German as “Berlin by Carl F. W. Wicht”. There is a large, bold “3” in the bottom left corner of the grid. The pattern is used to create a slipper.

Subject: slipper; floral; flower; foliage; decorative; needlework

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: PoS.07.17

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Survey and discovery of Oregon Territory|Survey of Athabaska Lake, Slave River|Route of Sir. A. Mackenzie in 1792|Survey of Fraser River by J. Stewart|Survey of North West Company by D. Thompson

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Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Published Date: 1814

Call Number: C12-1.2

Published Date: 1814

Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Subjects: Western Canada

Notes: Photostatic copy from Public Archives; eight sections

Accession Number: 675

Call Number: C12-1.2

Collection: Archives Library

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Tableware Set

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Date: 1818 – 1924

Material: ceramic, bone china

Catalogue Number: 104.20.0119 a-k

Description: A set of eleven dessert plates with a bold coloured border around the rim and a series of raised relief dots forming a band. Each plate has a decoration of a sheaf of leaves, grasses and flowers at the centre. The plates are each marked with a Dresden (?) hallmark.

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Title: Tableware Set

Date: 1818 – 1924

Material: ceramic, bone china

Description: A set of eleven dessert plates with a bold coloured border around the rim and a series of raised relief dots forming a band. Each plate has a decoration of a sheaf of leaves, grasses and flowers at the centre. The plates are each marked with a Dresden (?) hallmark.