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- Date
- 1875 – 1900
- Material
- shell; stone; metal; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0196
- Description
- Long, double strand of tiny seed pearls with three moonstones. Pearls approximately 1.0 mm in diameter, moonstones are rounded ovals reflecting bluish tinge, and set in simple, oval, gold fittings with 2 small gold eyes at each end to hold the double strand of pearls. Pearls threaded in lengths o…
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- Title
- Necklace
- Date
- 1875 – 1900
- Material
- shell; stone; metal; fibre
- Dimensions
- 0.4 x 60.0 cm
- Description
- Long, double strand of tiny seed pearls with three moonstones. Pearls approximately 1.0 mm in diameter, moonstones are rounded ovals reflecting bluish tinge, and set in simple, oval, gold fittings with 2 small gold eyes at each end to hold the double strand of pearls. Pearls threaded in lengths of approximately 23 cm between the moonstones, middle length broken. Several loose seed pearls from this necklace, as well as some medium sized pearls, and some larger pearls, not all are genuine, plus a small rod of metal. In small, 7.1x4.0x2.3, wooden Japanese box marked "Edie Morse from Mrs Yatabe" Box lined with a piece of soft paper which folds over contents and has red, stamped, Japanese calligraphy on top.
- Subject
- households
- adornment
- Edith Morse Robb
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0196
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- Date
- 1875 – 1935
- Material
- shell; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0197 a,b
- Description
- Two pearl necklaces in a small white drawstring bag patterned with blue flowers. (a) 20.5 long, triple strand of tiny seed pearls approximately 2.0 mm in diameter, strands joined with gold bolt ring clasp, natural pearls. (b) 22.0 long, graduated pearls, single strand of pearls progressing in siz…
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- Title
- Necklace
- Date
- 1875 – 1935
- Material
- shell; metal
- Dimensions
- 0.6 x 20.5 cm
- Description
- Two pearl necklaces in a small white drawstring bag patterned with blue flowers. (a) 20.5 long, triple strand of tiny seed pearls approximately 2.0 mm in diameter, strands joined with gold bolt ring clasp, natural pearls. (b) 22.0 long, graduated pearls, single strand of pearls progressing in size from 2.5 mm at the ends to 6.0 mm at the centre. Cultured pearls, knot in string between each pearl. Small ellipitical silver filigree clasp set with diamond chip in the middle. Bag also contains three necklace clasps in small envelope marked "Nela's nephrene clasps".
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0197 a,b
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0285
- Description
- Transparent porcelain teapot with cobalt slip near base. Gold lustre and pink enamel over glaze, signed inside lid. Hollow handle, straining holes inside spout. Has been cracked and repair can be seen on inside. Cobalt in dragon design, gold lustre and pink flowers, red and gold butterfly.
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- Title
- Teapot
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 7.6 x 9.3 x 10.0 cm
- Description
- Transparent porcelain teapot with cobalt slip near base. Gold lustre and pink enamel over glaze, signed inside lid. Hollow handle, straining holes inside spout. Has been cracked and repair can be seen on inside. Cobalt in dragon design, gold lustre and pink flowers, red and gold butterfly.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0285
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- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0324
- Description
- Dark brown fired clay with white black green enamel over glazes. Square shape to teapot with two side panels containing enamel crane scenes. Lid and pot handle in form of pine trees and added separately. Pot is press molded. Signature stamp to left of pot handle. Tree root close to signature stamp …
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- Title
- Teapot
- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 7.3 x 8.1 x 9.1 cm
- Description
- Dark brown fired clay with white black green enamel over glazes. Square shape to teapot with two side panels containing enamel crane scenes. Lid and pot handle in form of pine trees and added separately. Pot is press molded. Signature stamp to left of pot handle. Tree root close to signature stamp chipped. Steam hole in lid concealed in tree trunk. Finger prints /marks form a pattern.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0324
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- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0325
- Description
- Dark brown fired clay with pink green white black over glaze enamels. Two panels, one containing feather and other containing pink camellia flower. Spout in form of applied raccoon decoration with tail protruding from opposite side of pot. Two applied loops for attachment to possibly a bamboo handl…
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- Title
- Teapot
- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 8.7 x 7.8 x 10.0 cm
- Description
- Dark brown fired clay with pink green white black over glaze enamels. Two panels, one containing feather and other containing pink camellia flower. Spout in form of applied raccoon decoration with tail protruding from opposite side of pot. Two applied loops for attachment to possibly a bamboo handle, lid knob swivels, two steam holes in lid. Serrated ridge near base. Signature stamp near raccoon tail. Folklore "Bunbuku Chagama". A raccoon who turned into a cast iron tea kettle. Finger prints form pattern on the bottom.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0325
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- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0327
- Description
- Gray, green, white glazes. Handle and spout applied separately, grill work handle. Hand thrown body and slab built base attached to each other, then tool trimmed at base, fine strainer inside pot. Teapot lid swivels. Porcelain slip drawing of a Dragon and a cloud on the body, a Dragon on the lid.
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- Title
- Teapot
- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 4.4 x 8.3 x 9.6 cm
- Description
- Gray, green, white glazes. Handle and spout applied separately, grill work handle. Hand thrown body and slab built base attached to each other, then tool trimmed at base, fine strainer inside pot. Teapot lid swivels. Porcelain slip drawing of a Dragon and a cloud on the body, a Dragon on the lid.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0327
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- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0329
- Description
- Transparent glaze with blue, green, red, gold metal enamel over glazes. Inside pot rim 1.5 cm. chipped off. Fragments seen in glaze inside of pot. Was thrown initially and later hand formed and tool trimmed to create shape. One handle has been repaired once before because of glaze traces. Whyte E…
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- Title
- Teapot
- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 6.4 x 8.2 x 9.8 cm
- Description
- Transparent glaze with blue, green, red, gold metal enamel over glazes. Inside pot rim 1.5 cm. chipped off. Fragments seen in glaze inside of pot. Was thrown initially and later hand formed and tool trimmed to create shape. One handle has been repaired once before because of glaze traces. Whyte Estate staff re-glued handle to pot March, 1980 with alpha cyenoecrylate ("Crazy Glue").
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0329
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- Date
- 1870 – 1935
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0372
- Description
- Shallow straight sided, almost flat topped tea pot. Hand thrown with attached spout and roughly tooled base. Lid was dipped in a grey slip then the top of the lid was decorated by brushwork with glazes to create dark green colour. Lid handle attached separately. Teapot was dipped in a beige salmon …
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- Title
- Teapot
- Date
- 1870 – 1935
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 6.6 x 7.8 x 9.4 cm
- Description
- Shallow straight sided, almost flat topped tea pot. Hand thrown with attached spout and roughly tooled base. Lid was dipped in a grey slip then the top of the lid was decorated by brushwork with glazes to create dark green colour. Lid handle attached separately. Teapot was dipped in a beige salmon slip then glaze brush applied, creating dark green and rust colours.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0372
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- Date
- 1870 – 1935
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0373
- Description
- Finely crafted factory piece. Celadon glaze with mishima,inlaid white slip, borders on pot and lid, fine crackling in glaze, chip out of handle .7 x .4 cm. size. Lid has tiny vapour hole. Spout and handle attached separately, handle having decorative cooling and drainage holes and is hollow. Stam…
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- Title
- Teapot
- Date
- 1870 – 1935
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 6.6 x 8.4 x 9.3 cm
- Description
- Finely crafted factory piece. Celadon glaze with mishima,inlaid white slip, borders on pot and lid, fine crackling in glaze, chip out of handle .7 x .4 cm. size. Lid has tiny vapour hole. Spout and handle attached separately, handle having decorative cooling and drainage holes and is hollow. Stamp below handle. Very fine strainer inside teapot.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0373
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- Date
- 1870 – 1935
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0381
- Description
- Temmoku glaze, high iron saturation, separately attached spout and handles, trimmed lid, bamboo over wire handle. Illegible label inside lid. Overall colour of teapot dark brown with gold and salmon coloured oxidation.
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- Title
- Teapot
- Date
- 1870 – 1935
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 11.0 x 11.0 x 13.0 cm
- Description
- Temmoku glaze, high iron saturation, separately attached spout and handles, trimmed lid, bamboo over wire handle. Illegible label inside lid. Overall colour of teapot dark brown with gold and salmon coloured oxidation.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0381
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- Date
- 1870 – 1935
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0383
- Description
- Transparent pale yellow glaze with moss green decoration, darkest green near top. Thrown and rib tooled to create concave base. Spout and handle holders affixed. Stamped on outside near base, glaze crackled, bamboo and fibre handle.
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- Title
- Teapot
- Date
- 1870 – 1935
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 10.5 x 8.8 x 11.5 cm
- Description
- Transparent pale yellow glaze with moss green decoration, darkest green near top. Thrown and rib tooled to create concave base. Spout and handle holders affixed. Stamped on outside near base, glaze crackled, bamboo and fibre handle.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0383
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0425
- Description
- Hand thrown teapot with trimmed foot and affixed spout and handle loops. Lght grey slip glaze with brown black fish and plant decoration and line border near base and top of pot. Lid hand formed with steam hole and circular decoration around knob. Faded sticker looks like "67" on bottom, fibre hand…
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- Title
- Teapot
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic; fibre
- Dimensions
- 8.8 x 8.0 x 11.0 cm
- Description
- Hand thrown teapot with trimmed foot and affixed spout and handle loops. Lght grey slip glaze with brown black fish and plant decoration and line border near base and top of pot. Lid hand formed with steam hole and circular decoration around knob. Faded sticker looks like "67" on bottom, fibre handle broken.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0425
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0058
- Description
- miniature lacquered wood box with handle on top side. Hinged door on front with sliding clasp, behind door are three drawers, each having a circular metal pull, each drawer interior speckled gold lustre over black. Each drawer face diamond shaped design. Exterior of box is black ground with gold l…
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 2.2 x 2.0 x 2.9 cm
- Description
- miniature lacquered wood box with handle on top side. Hinged door on front with sliding clasp, behind door are three drawers, each having a circular metal pull, each drawer interior speckled gold lustre over black. Each drawer face diamond shaped design. Exterior of box is black ground with gold lacquer speckling on door interior and base. Hanging flower lacquer design over surface of box, bottom of box has large blossom design. Door clasp fragile. Inset tacks on box top which serve as handle rests.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0058
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- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0200
- Description
- A lathe-turned round-dish, flat-bottomed box with a domed, lapping lid which fits flushly over a flange on the box body. Box and lid are painted a boxcar red and decorated with designs of circles and flowers, varnish over paint has oxidized. Interior of box has been painted a dark green.
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 6.3 x 13.0 cm
- Description
- A lathe-turned round-dish, flat-bottomed box with a domed, lapping lid which fits flushly over a flange on the box body. Box and lid are painted a boxcar red and decorated with designs of circles and flowers, varnish over paint has oxidized. Interior of box has been painted a dark green.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0200
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- Date
- 1870 – 1920
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0209
- Description
- An elaborately-carved, squat rectangular wooden box on four ball feet with a lockable lid. The four walls of the box have an elaborately carved floral, on the back panel a single dog running is centred, and on the ends a bird each is seen perched in the foliage. The top of the box presents a scene …
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1870 – 1920
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 9.5 x 16.0 x 24.0 cm
- Description
- An elaborately-carved, squat rectangular wooden box on four ball feet with a lockable lid. The four walls of the box have an elaborately carved floral, on the back panel a single dog running is centred, and on the ends a bird each is seen perched in the foliage. The top of the box presents a scene from "the life of the Hindu Gods," five figures one of them dog-faced, in formal pose, and on either side of that group are two fish-tailed men. A 10 cm. crack runs from the front left foot on the box base, and a crack 22 cm. long runs around the corner of the top left of the lid.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0209
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- Date
- 1870 – 1930
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0220
- Description
- Shallow, circular, round, lidded container, white slip with indigo glaze dominant, gold lustre border trim and possibly decal, continuous design around bowl exterior and at lid rim. Decal design is multi-coloured fruit and leaf decoration; "2814" written on base.
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1870 – 1930
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 6.2 x 12.7 cm
- Description
- Shallow, circular, round, lidded container, white slip with indigo glaze dominant, gold lustre border trim and possibly decal, continuous design around bowl exterior and at lid rim. Decal design is multi-coloured fruit and leaf decoration; "2814" written on base.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0220
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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 – 1920
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0253
- Description
- Lidded, lightweight box. Lid sits flush with base on box rim. Pale coloured grass veneer on sides. Lid top well-designed in veneer zig-zag geometric in multi-earth tones as well as blues, greens, purples. Case for 102.04.0254.
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1870 – 1920
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 5.3 x 11.2 x 15.5 cm
- Description
- Lidded, lightweight box. Lid sits flush with base on box rim. Pale coloured grass veneer on sides. Lid top well-designed in veneer zig-zag geometric in multi-earth tones as well as blues, greens, purples. Case for 102.04.0254.
- Subject
- households
- decorative;
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0253
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- Date
- 1870 – 1920
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0254
- Description
- Lidded, lightweight box. Lid sits flush with bass on box rim. Pale coloured grass veneer on sides. Lid top well-designed in veneer, symmetrical, hexagonal diamond shaped design. Earth tones with yellow and purple accents. This box is contents of 102.04.0253.
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1870 – 1920
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 4.2 x 9.3 x 13.7 cm
- Description
- Lidded, lightweight box. Lid sits flush with bass on box rim. Pale coloured grass veneer on sides. Lid top well-designed in veneer, symmetrical, hexagonal diamond shaped design. Earth tones with yellow and purple accents. This box is contents of 102.04.0253.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0254
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