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Date
1880 – 1910
Material
metal; shell
Catalogue Number
103.08.0227
Description
A small awl with a round steel (?) spike tapering to a very sharp point which is slightly bent at the tip. The flattened white mother-of-pearl handle is slightly pointed at the end.
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Title
Awl
Date
1880 – 1910
Material
metal; shell
Dimensions
0.5 x 1.0 x 10.5 cm
Description
A small awl with a round steel (?) spike tapering to a very sharp point which is slightly bent at the tip. The flattened white mother-of-pearl handle is slightly pointed at the end.
Subject
households
crafts
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0227
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Date
1880 – 1950
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
104.21.1004
Description
Axe head marked “4” and “Gilpin.”
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Title
Axe
Date
1880 – 1950
Material
metal
Description
Axe head marked “4” and “Gilpin.”
Subject
households
Credit
Gift of Unknown, 1968
Catalogue Number
104.21.1004
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Date
1880 – 1900
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
102.04.0376
Description
Small round twined basket with rounded base and high sides closing in slightly at the mouth, natural buff colour background with brown design and black accents, design repeated three times around sides is of four brown parallelograms stacked on one another in stairlike fashion moving up to the righ…
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Title
Basket
Date
1880 – 1900
Material
wood
Dimensions
10.5 x 13.5 cm
Description
Small round twined basket with rounded base and high sides closing in slightly at the mouth, natural buff colour background with brown design and black accents, design repeated three times around sides is of four brown parallelograms stacked on one another in stairlike fashion moving up to the right, with serrated edges of black-tipped triangles along the sides and narrow black lines between each parallelogram. Between each steplike series on the buff background is an oblique double zig-zag line running from bottom to top of the basket. Lip is finished with three rows of twining of a lighter brown colour, pattern not visible on inside. Paper tag rimmed with metal is attached with cord and wax through lip of basket; no writing is visible.
Subject
households
decorative
Indigenous
basketry
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0376
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Artist
Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)
Date
prior to 1905
Medium
photoengraving on paper
Catalogue Number
RuC.11.01
Description
Colour: greys as in a black and white photograph. At the waters edge in the center are two bull moose fighting. To the right, half way up in the background is a female moose looking on. Dead logs and grass fill the lower part of the picture.
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Artist
Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)
Title
Battling Moose
Date
prior to 1905
Medium
photoengraving on paper
Dimensions
30.1 x 50.4 cm
Description
Colour: greys as in a black and white photograph. At the waters edge in the center are two bull moose fighting. To the right, half way up in the background is a female moose looking on. Dead logs and grass fill the lower part of the picture.
Subject
landscape
animal, moose
Credit
Gift of W. J. Wright, Kamloops, 1969
Catalogue Number
RuC.11.01
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Date
1880 – 1930
Material
glass; ceramic; metal
Catalogue Number
105.03.0003
Description
A handblown cranberry red glass bell with a clear glass handle. A bead striker hangs inside on a round-link metal chain.
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Title
Bell
Date
1880 – 1930
Material
glass; ceramic; metal
Dimensions
31.5 cm
Description
A handblown cranberry red glass bell with a clear glass handle. A bead striker hangs inside on a round-link metal chain.
Subject
households
music
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
105.03.0003
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Date
1880 – 1900
Material
wood; metal; skin
Catalogue Number
102.07.0002
Description
A fireplace bellows with each side made from wood cut in a tear shape. There are two flat rectangular handles cut at the blunt end and the pointed end has a long, tapering, protruding metal tube. A leather diaphragm between the two sides is tacked along the edges of the wood and pleated over two s…
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Title
Bellows
Date
1880 – 1900
Material
wood; metal; skin
Dimensions
4.5 x 22.8 x 49.7 cm
Description
A fireplace bellows with each side made from wood cut in a tear shape. There are two flat rectangular handles cut at the blunt end and the pointed end has a long, tapering, protruding metal tube. A leather diaphragm between the two sides is tacked along the edges of the wood and pleated over two small round branches bent to follow shape of wooden sides. There is leather strapping on one side of the wood at the pointed end as reinforcement. A round hole is cut in the middle of other side of wood, and fitted with a metal collar, and has a leather disphragm inside for air intake.
Subject
households
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.07.0002
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Date
prior to 1900
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
102.05.1002
Description
Long steel spike with hook and round tube clamp. Square rod spike formed into large loop handle at end which curves back along spike and bends out to hold slamp at one side. Two pronged hook curves out opposite clamp.
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Title
Betty Lamp
Date
prior to 1900
Material
metal
Dimensions
6.3 x 4.5 x 27.1 cm
Description
Long steel spike with hook and round tube clamp. Square rod spike formed into large loop handle at end which curves back along spike and bends out to hold slamp at one side. Two pronged hook curves out opposite clamp.
Subject
households
Credit
Gift of Forrest (Pat) Oliver Brewster, Banff, 1966
Catalogue Number
102.05.1002
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Date
1880 – 1920
Material
glass
Catalogue Number
104.20.0145 a-i
Description
A set of nine clear crystal wine glasses. Each glass is straight sided and rounded at the bottom where it is joined to a thin tall stem and a round base. Each glass is decorated with a band of short vertical stripes etched into the side just above the midpoint (Greek key pattern) between plain ho…
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Title
Beverage Set
Date
1880 – 1920
Material
glass
Dimensions
12.0 cm
Description
A set of nine clear crystal wine glasses. Each glass is straight sided and rounded at the bottom where it is joined to a thin tall stem and a round base. Each glass is decorated with a band of short vertical stripes etched into the side just above the midpoint (Greek key pattern) between plain horizontal bands. There are stars etched into the bottom half of the glasses.
Subject
households
social customs
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0145 a-i
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Date
1880 – 1920
Material
glass
Catalogue Number
104.20.0150 a-k
Description
A set of eleven stemmed glasses. Each glass has a wide mouth that tapers to a short stem with finger tip depressions cut into the sides in three horizontal rows. The thick stems attach to a round base.
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Title
Beverage Set
Date
1880 – 1920
Material
glass
Dimensions
8.5 cm
Description
A set of eleven stemmed glasses. Each glass has a wide mouth that tapers to a short stem with finger tip depressions cut into the sides in three horizontal rows. The thick stems attach to a round base.
Subject
households
social customs
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0150 a-k
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Date
1880 – 1920
Material
glass
Catalogue Number
104.20.0152 a-h
Description
A set of eight clear glass glasses with narrow bottoms flaring out to the rims. Each glass has a short stem attached to a round base.
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Title
Beverage Set
Date
1880 – 1920
Material
glass
Dimensions
11.5 cm
Description
A set of eight clear glass glasses with narrow bottoms flaring out to the rims. Each glass has a short stem attached to a round base.
Subject
households
social customs
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0152 a-h
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Date
1880 – 1925
Material
glass
Catalogue Number
104.20.0160 a-h
Description
A set of eight very thin-walled crystal tumblers with flat bases and straight sides. Each glass is decorated with a band of thinly etched lines near the top.
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Title
Beverage Set
Date
1880 – 1925
Material
glass
Dimensions
12.5 cm
Description
A set of eight very thin-walled crystal tumblers with flat bases and straight sides. Each glass is decorated with a band of thinly etched lines near the top.
Subject
households
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0160 a-h
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1885
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.289
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Boats in Harbour
Date
c. 1885
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
8 x 19 cm
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.289
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Date
later than 1883
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
CuJ.05.01
Description
General colour: green, orange. Central image is a house. Half of the roof is tiled with orange brick. There are trees to the left and behind. In front are fields and a cross the bottom, is a brown fence. Sky is grey.
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Title
Bogside Scotland
Date
later than 1883
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
14.25 x 18.75 cm
Description
General colour: green, orange. Central image is a house. Half of the roof is tiled with orange brick. There are trees to the left and behind. In front are fields and a cross the bottom, is a brown fence. Sky is grey.
Subject
landscape
architecture
rural
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974
Catalogue Number
CuJ.05.01
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Date
1880 – 1910
Material
metal, copper; metal, brass
Catalogue Number
104.20.0466
Description
A simple copper bowl with three brass paw-like feet which support the bowl.
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Title
Bonbon Dish
Date
1880 – 1910
Material
metal, copper; metal, brass
Dimensions
8.5 cm
Description
A simple copper bowl with three brass paw-like feet which support the bowl.
Subject
households
decorative
animals
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0466
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Date
1880 – 1900
Material
fibre
Catalogue Number
103.04.1022
Description
Grey taffeta bonnet, Mary Schäffer's, stiff brim 14.0 wide, 47.0 around, lined with white fabric, crown pleated at top and gathered more closely at nape, a small fabric bow is at back centre, the hat is lined with stiff, brown netting, a piece of stiff paper is inserted into the middle pleat at the…
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Title
Bonnet
Date
1880 – 1900
Material
fibre
Description
Grey taffeta bonnet, Mary Schäffer's, stiff brim 14.0 wide, 47.0 around, lined with white fabric, crown pleated at top and gathered more closely at nape, a small fabric bow is at back centre, the hat is lined with stiff, brown netting, a piece of stiff paper is inserted into the middle pleat at the crown, tie ribbons sewn on to sides of brim 6.5 wide, one 58.0 long, other 26.0 long.
Subject
households
clothing
outdoor
characters
Mary Schäffer Warren
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
103.04.1022
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Date
1880 – 1910
Material
wood, mahogany
Catalogue Number
102.03.0021
Description
A large bookcase divided into two equal parts by a vertical support. Each half has five adjustable shelves.
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Title
Bookcase
Date
1880 – 1910
Material
wood, mahogany
Dimensions
142.0 x 29.5 x 167.0 cm
Description
A large bookcase divided into two equal parts by a vertical support. Each half has five adjustable shelves.
Subject
households
furniture
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.03.0021
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Artist
Marmaduke Matthews (1837 – 1913, British)
Date
c. 1887
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
MaM.02.01
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Artist
Marmaduke Matthews (1837 – 1913, British)
Title
Bow River
Date
c. 1887
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
33.0 x 67.8 cm
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
river
Credit
Purchased from Kennedy Galleries , New York, USA, 1980
Catalogue Number
MaM.02.01
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Date
1880 – 1920
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
104.20.0159
Description
A large, footed silver bowl with a flared lip and a cover. Both the bowl and the lid have a petal design. There is some etched design around rim and on lid. The bowl has an illegible stamp on the bottom. Most of the silver plate has worn off and the base is extremely battered.
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Title
Bowl
Date
1880 – 1920
Material
metal
Dimensions
21.0 cm
Description
A large, footed silver bowl with a flared lip and a cover. Both the bowl and the lid have a petal design. There is some etched design around rim and on lid. The bowl has an illegible stamp on the bottom. Most of the silver plate has worn off and the base is extremely battered.
Subject
households
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0159
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Date
1880 – 1920
Material
metal, silver; lacquer; shell, abalone
Catalogue Number
104.20.0459 a,b
Description
Two small matching square bowls, each with deep sides and a flat bottom. The bowls have a silver (?) lining on the inside with dark (green?) lacquer on the exterior. The front of each bowl is decorated with a floral design inlaid with pink and blue abalone. The bottom of one bowl (a) is marked …
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Title
Bowl
Date
1880 – 1920
Material
metal, silver; lacquer; shell, abalone
Dimensions
4.5 x 6.0 x 6.0 cm
Description
Two small matching square bowls, each with deep sides and a flat bottom. The bowls have a silver (?) lining on the inside with dark (green?) lacquer on the exterior. The front of each bowl is decorated with a floral design inlaid with pink and blue abalone. The bottom of one bowl (a) is marked “Fong’s Inn #141 $10.00”.
Subject
households
souvenirs
plants
flowers
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0459 a,b
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Date
1880 – 1920
Material
ceramic; enamel; metal, gold
Catalogue Number
102.04.0067
Description
A handpainted china decorative bowl, possibly a finger bowl, in excellent condition. This bowl features extremely delicate, intricate work depicting butterflies and other insect figures done in multi-colours on a beige ground. The rim is bordered with a solid floral design. The bowl bottom has …
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Title
Bowl
Date
1880 – 1920
Material
ceramic; enamel; metal, gold
Dimensions
6.7 x 10.7 x 10.7 cm
Description
A handpainted china decorative bowl, possibly a finger bowl, in excellent condition. This bowl features extremely delicate, intricate work depicting butterflies and other insect figures done in multi-colours on a beige ground. The rim is bordered with a solid floral design. The bowl bottom has a white square with a scene of a drummer and two other figures.
Subject
households
decorative
food service
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0067
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