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- Date
- 1800 – 1875
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.05.0076
- Description
- Scissor-like snuffer on three ball supports. Scissor motion opens door on snuffing chamber. In its 19th century usage on longer wicks the opened door would catch the wick, shear it and extinguish it and the burnt portion of the wick would be left in the chamber. Scissor and handle tops have relief …
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- Title
- Candlesnuffer
- Date
- 1800 – 1875
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 4.7 x 6.7 x 18.3 cm
- Description
- Scissor-like snuffer on three ball supports. Scissor motion opens door on snuffing chamber. In its 19th century usage on longer wicks the opened door would catch the wick, shear it and extinguish it and the burnt portion of the wick would be left in the chamber. Scissor and handle tops have relief floral decoration. Chamber top has relief rampant lion. Hallmarks on chamber door include "X", a crown and a cross (?) within crest.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.05.0076
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- Date
- 1991 – 1992
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1208
- Description
- Square wooden base with a circle in the centre. The middle of the circle has a carved starburst. A circular metal piece rests in the circle (covering the starburst) with remnants of glue. The metal (bronze?) has a raised mountain scene inside a high edge. There is a banner across the metal circ…
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- Title
- Plaque
- Date
- 1991 – 1992
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 3.1 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm
- Description
- Square wooden base with a circle in the centre. The middle of the circle has a carved starburst. A circular metal piece rests in the circle (covering the starburst) with remnants of glue. The metal (bronze?) has a raised mountain scene inside a high edge. There is a banner across the metal circle with “SUMMIT OF EXCELLENCE AWARD JON WHYTE - HISTORIAN presented at the Banff Festival of Mountain Films in recognition of a significant contribution to mountain life.” The year “1992” is below the banner.
- Credit
- Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2003
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1208
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