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Artist
Susan Beckett
Date
c. 1978
Medium
ceremic
Catalogue Number
BcS.06.01
Description
Press moulded, dark grey toad with Raku-fired green irridescent glaze spots; glaze reads bog on left and glob on right; mouth slightly open; overall a rough piece.
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Artist
Susan Beckett
Title
Exceptional Toad
Date
c. 1978
Medium
ceremic
Dimensions
10.0 x 9.6 x 12.0 cm
Description
Press moulded, dark grey toad with Raku-fired green irridescent glaze spots; glaze reads bog on left and glob on right; mouth slightly open; overall a rough piece.
Subject
ceramic, vase
animal, toad
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
BcS.06.01
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Artist
Annemarie Schmid-Esler (1937 – , Canadian)
Date
1977
Catalogue Number
ScA.06.01
Description
Circular plate, slight rim, white background with blue design centre top, depicting mountains with cloud formations. Lower two thirds has white ceramic (teeth) ca 3.0 high, jutting out of the plate at random intervals, each is centred in a blue green circle ca 3.3 dia.
Artist
Annemarie Schmid-Esler (1937 – , Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1977
Description
Circular plate, slight rim, white background with blue design centre top, depicting mountains with cloud formations. Lower two thirds has white ceramic (teeth) ca 3.0 high, jutting out of the plate at random intervals, each is centred in a blue green circle ca 3.3 dia.
Subject
abstract
non-representational
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
Catalogue Number
ScA.06.01
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Untitled [Chess Set]

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Artist
Robin Sturdy (1946 – 1998, Canadian)
Date
c. 1975
Medium
ceramic
Catalogue Number
StR.06.01
Description
This piece is a fantastical ceramic chess set made up of a village. Surrounding the actual chess board is a village of turreted, peaked and snow-covered buildings. White ghost-like figures stretch out of windows and are crowded on the balconies and terraces of the buildings in an attempt to see t…
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Artist
Robin Sturdy (1946 – 1998, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Chess Set]
Date
c. 1975
Medium
ceramic
Dimensions
chess set: 45.72; table: 45.72 x chess set: 71.12; table: 76.2 x chess set: 91.44; table: 101.6 cm
Description
This piece is a fantastical ceramic chess set made up of a village. Surrounding the actual chess board is a village of turreted, peaked and snow-covered buildings. White ghost-like figures stretch out of windows and are crowded on the balconies and terraces of the buildings in an attempt to see the chess match. The chess pieces resemble turtle-like animals standing upright and wearing armor. The chess board is textured and the height of it is varied in different places. The chess set is primarily brown, white and tan.
Subject
whimsey
chess set
figure
mythological
architecture
fantasy
Credit
Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2002
Catalogue Number
StR.06.01
Images
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