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Date
1880 – 1920
Material
metal, silver; lacquer; shell, abalone
Catalogue Number
104.20.0459 a,b
Description
Two small matching square bowls, each with deep sides and a flat bottom. The bowls have a silver (?) lining on the inside with dark (green?) lacquer on the exterior. The front of each bowl is decorated with a floral design inlaid with pink and blue abalone. The bottom of one bowl (a) is marked …
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Title
Bowl
Date
1880 – 1920
Material
metal, silver; lacquer; shell, abalone
Dimensions
4.5 x 6.0 x 6.0 cm
Description
Two small matching square bowls, each with deep sides and a flat bottom. The bowls have a silver (?) lining on the inside with dark (green?) lacquer on the exterior. The front of each bowl is decorated with a floral design inlaid with pink and blue abalone. The bottom of one bowl (a) is marked “Fong’s Inn #141 $10.00”.
Subject
households
souvenirs
plants
flowers
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0459 a,b
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Date
1870 – 1890
Material
wood, walnut; metal, brass; glass
Catalogue Number
104.20.0470
Description
A shaped oval stand of walnut with a beaded floral pattern (black, white, grey, amber) on a linen pad (faded rose).
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Title
Footstool
Date
1870 – 1890
Material
wood, walnut; metal, brass; glass
Dimensions
5.6 x 27.5 x 54.0 cm
Description
A shaped oval stand of walnut with a beaded floral pattern (black, white, grey, amber) on a linen pad (faded rose).
Subject
households
decorative
crafts
needlework
beadwork
flowers
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0470
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Date
1880 – 1920
Material
ceramic
Catalogue Number
104.20.0131
Description
A squat round jug with the lip distorted to form a pouring spout. The pitcher has a loop handle with a thumb tab attached opposite to the spout. The pitcher is white with a relief design painted over with gold and shades of green. A vine with half-green, half-gold leaves and gold berries over a …
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Title
Pitcher
Date
1880 – 1920
Material
ceramic
Dimensions
10.5 cm
Description
A squat round jug with the lip distorted to form a pouring spout. The pitcher has a loop handle with a thumb tab attached opposite to the spout. The pitcher is white with a relief design painted over with gold and shades of green. A vine with half-green, half-gold leaves and gold berries over a background texture of scattered comma shapes decorates the top of the pitcher, beneath a narrow band of large dots at the rim. The base of the jug is painted green and has green leaves scattered about. A flower-like design is painted on the thumb tab of the handle. The jug is marked “Sporting Dogs”, “Old Leeds” and “Paragon, England PC”.
Subject
households
plants
flowers
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0131
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Date
1870 – 1900
Material
ceramic, earthenware
Catalogue Number
104.20.0224
Description
A round platter with a slight depression in the middle. The platter is white with four blue sunflowers and leaves evenly spaced around the border. There is a blue scalloped band outlining the platter’s depression, and a blue picture of an arch in ruins with trees behind in the centre of the platt…
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Title
Platter
Date
1870 – 1900
Material
ceramic, earthenware
Description
A round platter with a slight depression in the middle. The platter is white with four blue sunflowers and leaves evenly spaced around the border. There is a blue scalloped band outlining the platter’s depression, and a blue picture of an arch in ruins with trees behind in the centre of the platter.
Subject
households
flowers
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0224
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Date
1880 – 1940
Material
ceramic
Catalogue Number
104.20.0116
Description
A round, cup-shaped white porcelain bell with a knobby handle. The bell is decorated with gold lines around the bottom edge and each of the knobs of the handle. There are high relief clusters of coloured flowers and smaller single flowers scattered over surface of bell. The bell is marked with a …
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Title
Service Bell
Date
1880 – 1940
Material
ceramic
Dimensions
11.0 cm
Description
A round, cup-shaped white porcelain bell with a knobby handle. The bell is decorated with gold lines around the bottom edge and each of the knobs of the handle. There are high relief clusters of coloured flowers and smaller single flowers scattered over surface of bell. The bell is marked with a Dresden hallmark.
Subject
households
decorative
communication
flowers
plants
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0116
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Date
1875 – 1910
Material
metal, silver
Catalogue Number
104.20.0067 a,b
Description
A pair of silver plated rectangular serving dishes with high domed covers. Each dish has ornately worked silver floral trim along the shaped edge that is repeated in the border around the top of each cover. The floral trim is also repeated in the centre of the covers, around the bottom of large, …
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Title
Serving Dish
Date
1875 – 1910
Material
metal, silver
Dimensions
21.0 x 29.0 cm
Description
A pair of silver plated rectangular serving dishes with high domed covers. Each dish has ornately worked silver floral trim along the shaped edge that is repeated in the border around the top of each cover. The floral trim is also repeated in the centre of the covers, around the bottom of large, heavily patterned, ring handles. The dishes are marked “Sheffield”.
Subject
housholds
decorative
flowers
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0067 a,b
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Date
1870 – 1890
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
104.20.0462
Description
A silver plated tray shaped like an elongated oval with inward curving sides. The tray has a very heavy floral border and deep depression in the centre. The centre is chased and embossed with a large flower on a stalk at each end.
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Title
Serving Tray
Date
1870 – 1890
Material
metal
Dimensions
10.0 x 25.5 cm
Description
A silver plated tray shaped like an elongated oval with inward curving sides. The tray has a very heavy floral border and deep depression in the centre. The centre is chased and embossed with a large flower on a stalk at each end.
Subject
households
decorative
flowers
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0462
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Date
1875 – 1900
Material
wood; glass; metal; paint
Catalogue Number
104.47.0001
Description
A clock in a straight sided gable-topped wooden case with small spires on either side. The wood is a mahogany veneer. The case has a pointed glass door painted with three pansies on a black background at the bottom and is clear at the top over the face. The face dial has Roman numerals with meta…
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Title
Shelf Clock
Date
1875 – 1900
Material
wood; glass; metal; paint
Dimensions
51.8 x 11.3 x 27.2 cm
Description
A clock in a straight sided gable-topped wooden case with small spires on either side. The wood is a mahogany veneer. The case has a pointed glass door painted with three pansies on a black background at the bottom and is clear at the top over the face. The face dial has Roman numerals with metal hands and two holes for winding with a key. A pendulum and gong hang inside the case below the clock face. The back of the clock is marked with “From -.-. ----land, 4 Wellington Street, Kingston, Ont.”.
Subject
households
events
weddings
Isabella Brewster
Pearl Moore
flowers
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.47.0001
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Date
1870 – 1900
Material
ceramic, bone china
Catalogue Number
104.20.0225 a-h
Description
A set of four white saucers and matching handless cups, each with a light blue border outlined with silver at the rims. Each plate has delicate pink and blue floral wreaths linked by floral chains inside of the blue border. Each plate is marked on the bottom with “Z.S. # Co.” and “Bavaria”.
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Title
Tableware Set
Date
1870 – 1900
Material
ceramic, bone china
Description
A set of four white saucers and matching handless cups, each with a light blue border outlined with silver at the rims. Each plate has delicate pink and blue floral wreaths linked by floral chains inside of the blue border. Each plate is marked on the bottom with “Z.S. # Co.” and “Bavaria”.
Subject
households
flowers
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0225 a-h
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Date
1880 – 1920
Material
ceramic
Catalogue Number
104.20.0184
Description
A ten sided teapot, with a sagging belly, which sits on a square four legged base. The pot has a curved spout extending from the bottom of the belly and a large handle attached opposite the spout. The teapot has a high domed lid with a looped cup-handle. The teapot is decorated with a thin line …
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Title
Teapot
Date
1880 – 1920
Material
ceramic
Dimensions
20.5 x 20.5 cm
Description
A ten sided teapot, with a sagging belly, which sits on a square four legged base. The pot has a curved spout extending from the bottom of the belly and a large handle attached opposite the spout. The teapot has a high domed lid with a looped cup-handle. The teapot is decorated with a thin line around the teapot at its 'waist' joined at the side with a three blossomed flower. Small brush strokes in groups of three border the mouth of the pot, and similar strokes decorate the spout, base, and lid.
Subject
households
social customs
flowers
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0184
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Tokyo Aristocratic School Picture of Banquet of Gakushu

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Artist
Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)
Date
1877
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
ChY.04.09 a-c
Description
This triptych is highly decorative with a flower motif on everything from the carpet to the kimonos. Most prevalent colour is red and green. A banquet is occurring. On the first panel in the trc two women sit on a platform. 5 other women standing and sitting are in this panel as well, all facin…
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Artist
Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)
Title
Tokyo Aristocratic School Picture of Banquet of Gakushu
Date
1877
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
36 x 72 cm
Description
This triptych is highly decorative with a flower motif on everything from the carpet to the kimonos. Most prevalent colour is red and green. A banquet is occurring. On the first panel in the trc two women sit on a platform. 5 other women standing and sitting are in this panel as well, all facing right. The second panel features a table covered with food and flowers. 3 active women are gathered around the table, almost blending into the decorations while a fourth woman kneels in the trc facing right. A rectangular descriptive panel is in the trc. The third panel features a separate room in the tlc where the men are gathered around a table and served by women. 5 women are gathered in the foreground of this panel playing instruments and holding small bowls; they are facing the table that is in the second panel.
Subject
activity;gathering
banquet
group
women
men
flowers
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
ChY.04.09 a-c
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