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- Date
- 1836
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1187
- Description
- Small cream coloured baby dress with puff sleeves. Lace around neckline, sleeves, and at bodice. Two ties are in bows at the neckline and just below. Circle of lace approx. 9 cm above hem of dress. Waist of dress is 20 cm, width at bottom 77.5 cm.
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- Title
- Baby Dress
- Date
- 1836
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 64 x 77.5 cm
- Description
- Small cream coloured baby dress with puff sleeves. Lace around neckline, sleeves, and at bodice. Two ties are in bows at the neckline and just below. Circle of lace approx. 9 cm above hem of dress. Waist of dress is 20 cm, width at bottom 77.5 cm.
- Credit
- Gift of Shelagh Nolan Lester, Calgary, 2005
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1187
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- Date
- 1835 – 1905
- Material
- fibre, silk; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0086
- Description
- A long narrow netted grey silk evening bag with metallic beads laced in the netting. The beading becomes quite heavy at the bottom. The purse has a beaded tassel and a slit opening in the side with two angular metal rings that slip over the purse and secure its contents. Two Canadian ten cent co…
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- Title
- Beaded Purse
- Date
- 1835 – 1905
- Material
- fibre, silk; metal
- Dimensions
- 37.5 cm
- Description
- A long narrow netted grey silk evening bag with metallic beads laced in the netting. The beading becomes quite heavy at the bottom. The purse has a beaded tassel and a slit opening in the side with two angular metal rings that slip over the purse and secure its contents. Two Canadian ten cent coins dated 1911 and 1917 were found inside this purse.
- Subject
- households
- social customs
- crafts
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0086
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- Date
- 1792
- Material
- paper; wood; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0003
- Description
- A rectangular document on white paper beginning: “Know all men by these Presents ...” followed by handwriting stating the particulars of the sale, dated in Middlesex on December 29th, 1792 and signed by the Justice of the Peace. The contents state the agreement of a bill-of-sale between Asa Nurse …
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- Title
- Bill-Of-Sale
- Date
- 1792
- Material
- paper; wood; glass
- Dimensions
- 16.0; 25.2 (frame) x 20.0; 30.3 (frame) cm
- Description
- A rectangular document on white paper beginning: “Know all men by these Presents ...” followed by handwriting stating the particulars of the sale, dated in Middlesex on December 29th, 1792 and signed by the Justice of the Peace. The contents state the agreement of a bill-of-sale between Asa Nurse and Thomas Buckminster. The bill is framed in a wide plain mahogany veneer frame with mitred corners.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0003
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- Date
- 1792
- Material
- wood; grass; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0091
- Description
- Sturdy chest, dovetailed corners, deep, fitted with hand-wrought hinges. Interior has small drawer and lidded shelf at one end top. Fitted with rope handles for carrying. Previously painted blue, remnants of stain on inside of lid and beside hardware. “Robert Procter . . . 1792” written in ink on …
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- Title
- Blanket Chest
- Date
- 1792
- Material
- wood; grass; metal
- Dimensions
- 48.3 x 48.5 x 124.3 cm
- Description
- Sturdy chest, dovetailed corners, deep, fitted with hand-wrought hinges. Interior has small drawer and lidded shelf at one end top. Fitted with rope handles for carrying. Previously painted blue, remnants of stain on inside of lid and beside hardware. “Robert Procter . . . 1792” written in ink on inside of lid.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0091
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- Date
- 1840 – 1850
- Material
- wood; glass; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0005 a,b
- Description
- (a) Large dark brown wooden box camera which is constructed so that back half of camera slides into front half to focus and is secured in place by means of a brass thumbscrew into a slot in the base. Large brass lens screwed over aperture hole at centre of front side of wooden box, square glass pla…
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- Title
- Box Camera
- Date
- 1840 – 1850
- Material
- wood; glass; metal
- Dimensions
- 25.2 x 24.0 x 42.3 cm
- Description
- (a) Large dark brown wooden box camera which is constructed so that back half of camera slides into front half to focus and is secured in place by means of a brass thumbscrew into a slot in the base. Large brass lens screwed over aperture hole at centre of front side of wooden box, square glass plate set into wooden frame slides into slot at back of camera. (b) a separate plateholder of the same size has hinged door on back of frame which opens to insert black metal film sheath (Eastman Kodak), and front of frame slides out by pulling on metal ring at top to expose film. Note: wood cracking and separated at joints, chipped at lower front corners with large chunk of wood out of lower right, plateholder cracked across door and on one side of top.
- Subject
- households
- hobbies
- photography
- J.D. Curren
- PW
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0005 a,b
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- Date
- 1840 – 1875
- Material
- metal; stone
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0188
- Description
- An openwork, red and green enamelled silver pin with red leaves and green gemstones. Symmetrical shape of tiny bush with tiny silver leaves, blossoms and silver balls. Single, large .5 cm dia. red garnet at top with silver leaves forming heart shape below, having large, square, green zircons .4 cm…
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- Title
- Brooch
- Date
- 1840 – 1875
- Material
- metal; stone
- Dimensions
- 3.1 x 1.0 x 3.3 cm
- Description
- An openwork, red and green enamelled silver pin with red leaves and green gemstones. Symmetrical shape of tiny bush with tiny silver leaves, blossoms and silver balls. Single, large .5 cm dia. red garnet at top with silver leaves forming heart shape below, having large, square, green zircons .4 cm square, below and on either side. At each side of lower zircon are two flowing banner like streamers enamelled red and green. Back is flat silhouette of front, with circular holes through at points where jewels and silver balls are attached. Hinged pin spike across back fastens under curled hook clasp.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- households
- adornment
- CR
- Catharine Robb
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0188
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- Date
- 1840 – 1875
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0002
- Description
- An oval silver (Sheffield Plate) tea caddy with a lid. The lid has a large round knob. There is decorative trim around the top edge of the caddy and also around the top edge of the knob.
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- Title
- Caddy
- Date
- 1840 – 1875
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 10.5 cm
- Description
- An oval silver (Sheffield Plate) tea caddy with a lid. The lid has a large round knob. There is decorative trim around the top edge of the caddy and also around the top edge of the knob.
- Subject
- social cusotms
- households
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0002
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- Date
- 1840 – 1900
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0003
- Description
- A square caddy of silver plate over copper. The caddy has a high lid with a rounded top.
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- Title
- Caddy
- Date
- 1840 – 1900
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 10.0 x 9.0 cm
- Description
- A square caddy of silver plate over copper. The caddy has a high lid with a rounded top.
- Subject
- social customs
- households
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0003
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- Date
- 1840 – 1875
- Material
- shell; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0126
- Description
- An oval cameo of mother of pearl on brownish background. Luminous carving of woman's profile. Fat oval background of iridescent abalone shell. Simple oval setting forms plain brass ? frame around with long hinged pin spike horizontally across back fastening under curled hook clasp on opposite side.
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- Title
- Cameo Brooch
- Date
- 1840 – 1875
- Material
- shell; metal
- Dimensions
- 1.3 x 2.8 x 3.4 cm
- Description
- An oval cameo of mother of pearl on brownish background. Luminous carving of woman's profile. Fat oval background of iridescent abalone shell. Simple oval setting forms plain brass ? frame around with long hinged pin spike horizontally across back fastening under curled hook clasp on opposite side.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0126
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- Date
- 1840 – 1880
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0010
- Description
- A daguerreotype of a woman, wearing a long dress, standing behing a small table with a man seated beside the table. A large window is in the background. The plate has a painted gold arched border around the picture.
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- Title
- Daguerreotype
- Date
- 1840 – 1880
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 6.8 x 5.6 cm
- Description
- A daguerreotype of a woman, wearing a long dress, standing behing a small table with a man seated beside the table. A large window is in the background. The plate has a painted gold arched border around the picture.
- Subject
- photography
- households
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0010
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Embroidery Sampler
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.02.1007%20a-c
- Date
- 1799
- Material
- fibre; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1007 a-c
- Description
- Traditional sampler, 4.0 wide border is a line of stitching in pyramid shapes with flower baskets. At the top of inside border is the upper case alphabet, one line of small letters, other in bigger letters and two lines. In the centre is a picture of a white house to the left, a green picket f…
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- Title
- Embroidery Sampler
- Date
- 1799
- Material
- fibre; wood
- Dimensions
- 42.0 x 42.0 cm
- Description
- Traditional sampler, 4.0 wide border is a line of stitching in pyramid shapes with flower baskets. At the top of inside border is the upper case alphabet, one line of small letters, other in bigger letters and two lines. In the centre is a picture of a white house to the left, a green picket fence, two trees and to the right a two storey brown house. Below that is six lines of writing beginning "One Weeks Extremity May Teach Us ....." "Susan Lehman her work done In the ninth year Of Her Age (__ ?) 1799" * Someone numbered the labels as (a) and (b) and the sampler as (c). It is too fragile to change
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1007 a-c
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- Date
- 1830 – 1850
- Material
- fibre; metal; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1102
- Description
- A small dainty crocheted purse. It is attached to a beautifully made metal clasp with scroll work on each end, "S. M. Potts engraved". The lining is leather, writing "S. M. Potts" and something else illegible.
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- Title
- Evening Purse
- Date
- 1830 – 1850
- Material
- fibre; metal; skin
- Dimensions
- 8.0 x 12.0 cm
- Description
- A small dainty crocheted purse. It is attached to a beautifully made metal clasp with scroll work on each end, "S. M. Potts engraved". The lining is leather, writing "S. M. Potts" and something else illegible.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1102
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Medicine Cabinet
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- Date
- 1830 – 1900
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0079
- Description
- Traditional Japanese household medicine or spice cabinet, 17 drawers, each affixed with brass pull, arrayed in four rows, five drawers in top row, and four in each of lower three rows.
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- Title
- Medicine Cabinet
- Date
- 1830 – 1900
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 23.3 x 8.1 x 32.0 cm
- Description
- Traditional Japanese household medicine or spice cabinet, 17 drawers, each affixed with brass pull, arrayed in four rows, five drawers in top row, and four in each of lower three rows.
- Subject
- households
- furnishings
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0079
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- Date
- 1830 – 1880
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1032 a,b
- Description
- A pair brown of wool mittens, large hand-knitted, has loops on inside to provide extra wool as insulation, knitted on 4 needles in continuous rounds.
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- Title
- Mittens
- Date
- 1830 – 1880
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Description
- A pair brown of wool mittens, large hand-knitted, has loops on inside to provide extra wool as insulation, knitted on 4 needles in continuous rounds.
- Subject
- households
- clothing
- winter
- Mary Schaffer Warren
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1032 a,b
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- Date
- 1844 – 1844
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Catalogue Number
- 102.01.0003
- Description
- Handmade quilt of chintz flowers and birds appliqued to unbleached cotton. The quilt design is a large floral bouquet at centre with individual flowers scattered about remainder. Chintz border at edges and narrow band of small chintz flowers around centre panel. The names of the quilters are hand…
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- Title
- Quilt
- Date
- 1844 – 1844
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Dimensions
- 227.0 x 272.0 cm
- Description
- Handmade quilt of chintz flowers and birds appliqued to unbleached cotton. The quilt design is a large floral bouquet at centre with individual flowers scattered about remainder. Chintz border at edges and narrow band of small chintz flowers around centre panel. The names of the quilters are handwritten in ink in various places. Quilting done in scroll and diamond design.
- Subject
- households
- furnishings
- Mary Schaffer
- crafts
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.01.0003
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- Date
- 1840
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0240
- Description
- Minimum neck diameter 1.5 cm. beige ground with brown branch and blue flower decoration. Circular flat foot. "Awata 1840" label, affixed by Morse?
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- Title
- Sake Bottle
- Date
- 1840
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 16.3 x 6.1 cm
- Description
- Minimum neck diameter 1.5 cm. beige ground with brown branch and blue flower decoration. Circular flat foot. "Awata 1840" label, affixed by Morse?
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0240
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- Date
- 1830 – 1880
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0241
- Description
- Beige ground with gold birds over waves and top and bottom border designs, circular flat foot, glaze is crazed, small indention for pouring, 2 cm. neck containing 3 small chips.
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- Title
- Sake Bottle
- Date
- 1830 – 1880
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 14.7 x 6.5 cm
- Description
- Beige ground with gold birds over waves and top and bottom border designs, circular flat foot, glaze is crazed, small indention for pouring, 2 cm. neck containing 3 small chips.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0241
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- Date
- 1796 – 1796
- Material
- fibre, flax; wood; paper; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0009
- Description
- A needlepoint sampler, in many colours, done in cross-stitch on a loosely woven ecru linen. The sampler has a narrow double-stitched border with a floral band at the top followed by rows of letters of the alphabet separated by horizontal bars. Most of the letters are worked twice together through…
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- Title
- Sampler
- Date
- 1796 – 1796
- Material
- fibre, flax; wood; paper; metal
- Dimensions
- 15.0; 18.0 (frame) x 20.0; 22.5 (frame) cm
- Description
- A needlepoint sampler, in many colours, done in cross-stitch on a loosely woven ecru linen. The sampler has a narrow double-stitched border with a floral band at the top followed by rows of letters of the alphabet separated by horizontal bars. Most of the letters are worked twice together through the alphabet repeating from A to D at the end, followed by another floral band as at the top, and then “Susanah Lehman November the 3 1796.” The sampler was originally framed in a simple brown wood frame with parallel line texture (wood grain?) and has a framer’s sticker on the back “The Royal Art Gallery” (Calgary, Alberta).
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0009
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- Date
- 1794 – 1796
- Material
- fibre, flax; wood; paper; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0010
- Description
- A needlepoint sampler, in many colours, done in cross-stitch on ecru linen. The sampler has a narrow stitched border with a design in the band at the top followed by rows of letters separated by horizontal bars. The alphabet is stitched with each letter worked twice, followed by the alphabet with…
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- Title
- Sampler
- Date
- 1794 – 1796
- Material
- fibre, flax; wood; paper; metal
- Dimensions
- 19.0; 21.0 (frame) x 13.5; 16.0 (frame) cm
- Description
- A needlepoint sampler, in many colours, done in cross-stitch on ecru linen. The sampler has a narrow stitched border with a design in the band at the top followed by rows of letters separated by horizontal bars. The alphabet is stitched with each letter worked twice, followed by the alphabet with each letter worked once until “P” at the end of the sampler where “Susana Lhaman” (sic) is stitched. The sampler was originally framed with a simple brown wood frame with parallel line texture (wood grain?).
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0010
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Saucepan Cookware
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.19.0008
- Date
- 1840 – 1875
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0008
- Description
- A flat bottomed, round, copper-plated pan with sides that slope in slightly and flare out again at the lip. The pan as a small shoulder just before flaring out, and an incised ring just below the lip. The pan has heavy round loop handles on each side which flatten out where they attach to pan. T…
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- Title
- Saucepan Cookware
- Date
- 1840 – 1875
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 16.0 cm
- Description
- A flat bottomed, round, copper-plated pan with sides that slope in slightly and flare out again at the lip. The pan as a small shoulder just before flaring out, and an incised ring just below the lip. The pan has heavy round loop handles on each side which flatten out where they attach to pan. There are decorative dents all over the surface.
- Subject
- households
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0008
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