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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0075
- Description
- Japanese, gourd design, blues on white, length of cotton, finished 2 sides. Would be on a bolt and cut as required. Various sizes of gourds with decorative strings. Japanese writings indicating the bar "Heisaku" and food specialty "Osaka style Kanto goulash, whale blubber, fried bean curd, carrots,…
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- Title
- Hand Towel
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 33.0 x 91.5 cm
- Description
- Japanese, gourd design, blues on white, length of cotton, finished 2 sides. Would be on a bolt and cut as required. Various sizes of gourds with decorative strings. Japanese writings indicating the bar "Heisaku" and food specialty "Osaka style Kanto goulash, whale blubber, fried bean curd, carrots, fishcake, big white radish, jello from taro roots, potatoes, etc. cooked in soya sauce base, eaten with hot paste mustard. "Whitecrane Warm Sake Bar' bar "Heisaku" under the train station "Ue Kita?". Cross reference 105.06.0047.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0075
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Incense Burner
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- Date
- 1870 – 1935
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0247
- Description
- Transparent glaze with cobalt decoration in crab and dragon-headed turtle designs. Leaf decoration and punch pattern on lid. Three affixed feet - each having a small hole. Pot body squat spheroid shape with rounded lid which sets inside rim. Glaze on turtle decoration was somehow damaged possibly i…
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- Title
- Incense Burner
- Date
- 1870 – 1935
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 10.0 x 9.7 cm
- Description
- Transparent glaze with cobalt decoration in crab and dragon-headed turtle designs. Leaf decoration and punch pattern on lid. Three affixed feet - each having a small hole. Pot body squat spheroid shape with rounded lid which sets inside rim. Glaze on turtle decoration was somehow damaged possibly in kiln.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- E. S. Morse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0247
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Incense Burner
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- Date
- 1870 – 1935
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0248
- Description
- Hand-thrown bowl with three affixed feet and two affixed handles. Hand-thrown lid with turret-shaped knob and cut-out design for smoke ventilation. Bowl has flat base containing rust-coloured calligraphy. Rust, peach, green, gold lustre decorations in garden scene on two white panels.
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- Title
- Incense Burner
- Date
- 1870 – 1935
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 6.9 x 4.6 x 6.0 cm
- Description
- Hand-thrown bowl with three affixed feet and two affixed handles. Hand-thrown lid with turret-shaped knob and cut-out design for smoke ventilation. Bowl has flat base containing rust-coloured calligraphy. Rust, peach, green, gold lustre decorations in garden scene on two white panels.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- E. S. Morse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0248
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- wood; metal; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0259
- Description
- Palmate, flat fan with carved, black, wooden handle attached with brass fixtures and small brass ring for suspension. Fan has been crossed into four portions. Top vermilion, two side portions green and bass gold with green floral design and relief work. Kitchen fan for fanning fire.
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- Title
- Kitchen Fan
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- wood; metal; fibre
- Dimensions
- 1.3 x 24.5 x 34.6 cm
- Description
- Palmate, flat fan with carved, black, wooden handle attached with brass fixtures and small brass ring for suspension. Fan has been crossed into four portions. Top vermilion, two side portions green and bass gold with green floral design and relief work. Kitchen fan for fanning fire.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0259
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- wood; metal; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0260
- Description
- Palmate, flat fan with carved, black, wooden handle attached with brass fixtures and small brass ring for suspensions. Fan designed in swirl pattern in gold, orange and olive green. Relief panel at base to support fan. Kitchen fan for fanning fire.
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- Title
- Kitchen Fan
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- wood; metal; fibre
- Dimensions
- 1.3 x 24.5 x 34.6 cm
- Description
- Palmate, flat fan with carved, black, wooden handle attached with brass fixtures and small brass ring for suspensions. Fan designed in swirl pattern in gold, orange and olive green. Relief panel at base to support fan. Kitchen fan for fanning fire.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0260
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Medicated Sake Bottle
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0039
- Description
- Flat bottomed, slab-built or press-moulded, square-sided bottle; bottle has slanted shoulders which narrow up to become flat base for a thrown, 3.2 diameter, flared neck; incised line trims over surface of bottle; Bamboo tree motif on two affixed labels, commercially printed ideograms ; sediment in…
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- Title
- Medicated Sake Bottle
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 20.8 x 7.2 x 7.2 cm
- Description
- Flat bottomed, slab-built or press-moulded, square-sided bottle; bottle has slanted shoulders which narrow up to become flat base for a thrown, 3.2 diameter, flared neck; incised line trims over surface of bottle; Bamboo tree motif on two affixed labels, commercially printed ideograms ; sediment inside bottle.
- Subject
- E. S. Morse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0039
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0079
- Description
- Palmate fan pin, pin backing missing. Top side of fan is a pheasant in brush setting, in silver and gold metal, on ridged fan background. Handle of fan is gold and has small loop on end.
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- Title
- Scatter Pin
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 0.4 x 1.6 x 3.1 cm
- Description
- Palmate fan pin, pin backing missing. Top side of fan is a pheasant in brush setting, in silver and gold metal, on ridged fan background. Handle of fan is gold and has small loop on end.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0079
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0080
- Description
- Fan shaped pin with gold end slats and support slats. Other slats dark brown. Two birds within floral scene, one bird in gold, other bronze.
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- Title
- Scatter Pin
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 0.7 x 2.1 x 3.5 cm
- Description
- Fan shaped pin with gold end slats and support slats. Other slats dark brown. Two birds within floral scene, one bird in gold, other bronze.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- households
- adornment
- bird
- Japanese
- E. S. Morse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0080
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0084
- Description
- Horizontal rectangular brooch with pin backing which is missing pin at hinge. Setting is two gold birds in gold and silver floral setting, chain trim around edge of brooch.
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- Title
- Scatter Pin
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 0.6 x 1.3 x 3.7 cm
- Description
- Horizontal rectangular brooch with pin backing which is missing pin at hinge. Setting is two gold birds in gold and silver floral setting, chain trim around edge of brooch.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0084
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0081
- Description
- Multi coloured cloisonne, enamel and metal, bird profile pin at top end of long straight pin.
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- Title
- Stickpin Pin
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 0.6 x 3.5 x 8.0 cm
- Description
- Multi coloured cloisonne, enamel and metal, bird profile pin at top end of long straight pin.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0081
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- Date
- 1870 – 1940
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0097
- Description
- Totally bamboo, almost square-topped stool with four bamboo corner legs. Double bamboo frame near base and triple bamboo frame at top are cut out to shape and stretch around corner legs. Each stalk which stretches as above is a single bamboo stalk having two ends which are pegged together. Pegging …
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- Title
- Stool
- Date
- 1870 – 1940
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 50.2 x 31.8 x 32.3 cm
- Description
- Totally bamboo, almost square-topped stool with four bamboo corner legs. Double bamboo frame near base and triple bamboo frame at top are cut out to shape and stretch around corner legs. Each stalk which stretches as above is a single bamboo stalk having two ends which are pegged together. Pegging through legs supports stretch frame. Vertical pegs through top three frames extend into holes drilled in seat top, which is a varnished, darker bamboo. Seat top secured with pegs and glue but glue and bamboo have dried with climate and one of four seat top edges is loose.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Japanese
- E. S. Morse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0097
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0394 a-c
- Description
- Japanese bags, 3 sizes, brown tones, 2 brocade. (a) stiffened base 5.7 dia., fine silk brocade pouch ca. 12.0 high. Brocade design peony flowers and leaves, silk beige lining, water pattern. Long brown silk braided tie which runs through continuous loops sewn onto top of pouch. (b) stiffened base 8…
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- Title
- Tea Jar Bag
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- fibre
- Description
- Japanese bags, 3 sizes, brown tones, 2 brocade. (a) stiffened base 5.7 dia., fine silk brocade pouch ca. 12.0 high. Brocade design peony flowers and leaves, silk beige lining, water pattern. Long brown silk braided tie which runs through continuous loops sewn onto top of pouch. (b) stiffened base 8.0 x 9.0. silk black/brown pouch ca. 7.5 high. Fish and wave pattern. Brown silk tie which runs through continuous loops sewn onto top of pouch. (c) stiffened base 3.5 dia., roughly woven brocade, brown silk tie as (a) and (b).
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Japanese
- E. S. Morse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0394 a-c
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- Date
- 1875 – 1925
- Material
- skin; metal; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0369
- Description
- A small oblong leather hanging pouch hanging from an oval brass ring. Front of pebbly textured brown leather, with back and flap of one piece of smooth, lighter brown leather. Pouch is stiff and shaped to give it thickness. Snap clasp at edge of flap is cast silver snail with frog climbing on its …
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- Title
- Tobacco Pouch
- Date
- 1875 – 1925
- Material
- skin; metal; fibre
- Dimensions
- 7.3 x 1.6 x 10.0 cm
- Description
- A small oblong leather hanging pouch hanging from an oval brass ring. Front of pebbly textured brown leather, with back and flap of one piece of smooth, lighter brown leather. Pouch is stiff and shaped to give it thickness. Snap clasp at edge of flap is cast silver snail with frog climbing on its back. Braided cord through grommets at top of the flap, passes through ornately pierced silver bead and is attached through eye of oval, brass ring. Ring has scrolly cloud or wave design around. Leather at top of pouch front is rolled down the flap closing over it.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0369
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- Date
- 1870 – 1935
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0250
- Description
- Hand thrown, trim-footed dish with well-fitting lid. Ivory crackled glaze with multi-coloured enamel and gold lustre borders, and gold, green, red flowering bush with fence on lid. Small chip out of inside bowl rim.
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1870 – 1935
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 4.0 x 8.2 cm
- Description
- Hand thrown, trim-footed dish with well-fitting lid. Ivory crackled glaze with multi-coloured enamel and gold lustre borders, and gold, green, red flowering bush with fence on lid. Small chip out of inside bowl rim.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- miniatures
- E. S. Morse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0250
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0252
- Description
- Three-tiered, lidded box set. Red gold speckled lacquer interiors. Exterior design continues around the box. Landscape with herons in landscape, as well as a total of seven circular tri-leaf decorations. Box appears to be black base with gold and silver decoration and speckling. Lacquer crackled on…
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 7.9 x 6.2 x 6.8 cm
- Description
- Three-tiered, lidded box set. Red gold speckled lacquer interiors. Exterior design continues around the box. Landscape with herons in landscape, as well as a total of seven circular tri-leaf decorations. Box appears to be black base with gold and silver decoration and speckling. Lacquer crackled on base where it was possibly dropped at one time, base has small chip on one corner.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Japanese
- E. S. Morse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0252
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- wood; shell
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0256
- Description
- Lacquered wood box with tortoise shell veneer applied. Handle on top of box and hinged door on front which has sliding clasp. Behind door are three tortoise shell veneered drawers with circular, metal pulls. Base of box black lacquer. Back panel separating from underlying wood. Each of side panels …
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- wood; shell
- Dimensions
- 5.7 x 5.0 x 8.9 cm
- Description
- Lacquered wood box with tortoise shell veneer applied. Handle on top of box and hinged door on front which has sliding clasp. Behind door are three tortoise shell veneered drawers with circular, metal pulls. Base of box black lacquer. Back panel separating from underlying wood. Each of side panels cracked throughout length. Front panel (door) also cracked lacquer loss at base at front of box and at bottom back corners of box. Note inset tacks on box top which serve as rests for handle. Top hinge bracket on door missing small tack.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Japanese
- E. S. Morse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0256
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0308
- Description
- A spherical container flattened at the top and bottom. Top lifts off lip on the bottom half at the middle. Round lacquered tray sits inside lip. Lathe-turned, incised ring texture on outside is burgundy colour with yellow in the recesses of the rings. Interior of tray lacquered black.
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 5.5 x 6.3 cm
- Description
- A spherical container flattened at the top and bottom. Top lifts off lip on the bottom half at the middle. Round lacquered tray sits inside lip. Lathe-turned, incised ring texture on outside is burgundy colour with yellow in the recesses of the rings. Interior of tray lacquered black.
- Subject
- households
- miniatures
- Japanese
- E. S. Morse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0308
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0309
- Description
- Trapezoidal, shallow container, lidded. Interior, sides and base black lacquer speckled with gold. Lid interior speckled as well with gold sheaf decoration. Lid exterior - when viewed with bottom corner at lower left - appears to be warrior concealed by upturned scroll bottom, sword handle, helmet …
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 1.6 x 7.1 x 12.0 cm
- Description
- Trapezoidal, shallow container, lidded. Interior, sides and base black lacquer speckled with gold. Lid interior speckled as well with gold sheaf decoration. Lid exterior - when viewed with bottom corner at lower left - appears to be warrior concealed by upturned scroll bottom, sword handle, helmet and possibly 2 curly feathers. This image framed by gold and slate lacquer. Exterior border of lid contains floral decorations.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Japanese
- E. S. Morse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0309
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- Date
- 1870 – 1900
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0313
- Description
- Round-cornered, lidded box, lid sits over box rim. Bottom and inside of box and lid are speckled gold and black lacquer. Inside lid has vermilion calligraphy. Rim edges are metal. Exterior box is gold and grey lacquer landscape over black and gold overlapping circles. There are three gold, circular…
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1870 – 1900
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 5.5 x 7.4 x 9.0 cm
- Description
- Round-cornered, lidded box, lid sits over box rim. Bottom and inside of box and lid are speckled gold and black lacquer. Inside lid has vermilion calligraphy. Rim edges are metal. Exterior box is gold and grey lacquer landscape over black and gold overlapping circles. There are three gold, circular tri-leaf symbols on box - one on lid and two on base.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Japanese
- E. S. Morse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0313
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0322
- Description
- Almost cylindrical, lidded container with ridged base, overall black ground with gold branch flower decoration. Container widens from base to top, glossy black lacquer interior, lid fits tightly over rim.
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 6.3 x 6.2 cm
- Description
- Almost cylindrical, lidded container with ridged base, overall black ground with gold branch flower decoration. Container widens from base to top, glossy black lacquer interior, lid fits tightly over rim.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0322
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