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- Date
- 1890 – 1900
- Material
- glass; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0033
- Description
- A small, round, domed, clear glass paperweight. Under the thick glass is a picture of a robin standing on a holly branch with a ribbon banner around reading "A Happy New Year to all." in Gothic lettering brown paper backing covers base of weight, with remnants of paper sticker which has been remove…
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- Title
- Paperweight
- Date
- 1890 – 1900
- Material
- glass; paper
- Dimensions
- 2.4 x 6.4 cm
- Description
- A small, round, domed, clear glass paperweight. Under the thick glass is a picture of a robin standing on a holly branch with a ribbon banner around reading "A Happy New Year to all." in Gothic lettering brown paper backing covers base of weight, with remnants of paper sticker which has been removed.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0033
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- Date
- 1960 – 1967
- Material
- glass
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0035
- Description
- A domed heavy clear glass paperweight, handblown and cut off smoothly at base. Contains single, rather large, front petalled blue glass blossom in middle, and yellow, orange, white flecked three dimensional scallop pattern with a single bubble in each indentation, around the bottom.Marks: black and…
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- Title
- Paperweight
- Date
- 1960 – 1967
- Material
- glass
- Dimensions
- 5.6 cm
- Description
- A domed heavy clear glass paperweight, handblown and cut off smoothly at base. Contains single, rather large, front petalled blue glass blossom in middle, and yellow, orange, white flecked three dimensional scallop pattern with a single bubble in each indentation, around the bottom.Marks: black and gold diamond shaped sticker on base, “Hand made by Altaglass, Medicine Hat, Alta.”
- Subject
- households
- office
- hobbies
- Christmas
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0035
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- Date
- 1885 – 1925
- Material
- fibre; glass; ivory
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0360
- Description
- A purse of blue grey silk with ivory battens at drawstring closure, and embroidered beaded figures of man and woman dancing. Purse is essentially a square with a panel along the sides and bottom for width, with a stiff panel inserted at the bottom between lining and purse. Top draws closed with a s…
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- Title
- Purse
- Date
- 1885 – 1925
- Material
- fibre; glass; ivory
- Dimensions
- 22.2 x 5.4 x 21.8 cm
- Description
- A purse of blue grey silk with ivory battens at drawstring closure, and embroidered beaded figures of man and woman dancing. Purse is essentially a square with a panel along the sides and bottom for width, with a stiff panel inserted at the bottom between lining and purse. Top draws closed with a silver metallic cord through a short ivory batten on the front and back causing the bag to form two pleats on either side. Ends of cord have red and grey beaded loop tassels. Bag lined front, back and bottom with pink silk. Figures beaded on front of purse depict woman in yellow dress and man in green trousers and pink jacket holding top hat while they are dancing.
- Subject
- households
- hobbies
- embroidery
- figure
- male
- female
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0360
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