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Date
1820 – 1850
Material
fibre; wood
Catalogue Number
104.45.1030
Description
A pincushion shaped in a lattice woven basket full of red fabric green and red strawberries.
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Title
Pincushion
Date
1820 – 1850
Material
fibre; wood
Dimensions
5.0 cm
Description
A pincushion shaped in a lattice woven basket full of red fabric green and red strawberries.
Subject
households
needlework
Mary Schaffer Warren
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
104.45.1030
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Date
1825 – 1950
Material
metal; wood; skin; fibre
Catalogue Number
104.49.0005
Description
A solid brass hatchet head with long narrow blade flaring to curved edge. Small round cast brass bowl, pipe? at other end of blade has small hole drilled through bottom. Handle is straight flattened piece of wood which was once painted green as evidenced by traces of green colour in grain. Handle p…
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Title
Hatchet Ax
Date
1825 – 1950
Material
metal; wood; skin; fibre
Dimensions
3.8 x 19.3 x 30.0 cm
Description
A solid brass hatchet head with long narrow blade flaring to curved edge. Small round cast brass bowl, pipe? at other end of blade has small hole drilled through bottom. Handle is straight flattened piece of wood which was once painted green as evidenced by traces of green colour in grain. Handle passes through round opening in hatchet head and is tied on with a thong of buckskin. A strip of flannel material is tied at base of handle with one end hanging loose.
Subject
Indigenous
warfare
hunting
HBC
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.49.0005
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Date
1822 – 1822
Material
fibre, flax; wood; paper; metal
Catalogue Number
107.02.0008
Description
A needlepoint sampler, in many colours, done in cross-stitch on loosely woven ecru linen. The sampler has a double-stitched border with stitched bars between each row of letters (A-Z) beginning with capital letters, followed by numerals from 1 to 10, then lower case letters (a-z), then numerals fr…
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Title
Sampler
Date
1822 – 1822
Material
fibre, flax; wood; paper; metal
Dimensions
19.0; 22.0 (frame) x 21.0; 23.5 (frame) cm
Description
A needlepoint sampler, in many colours, done in cross-stitch on loosely woven ecru linen. The sampler has a double-stitched border with stitched bars between each row of letters (A-Z) beginning with capital letters, followed by numerals from 1 to 10, then lower case letters (a-z), then numerals from 1 to 6, then large capital letters (A-F), and ending with “Serena Matilda Potts 1822.” The piece was originally framed in a simple brown wood frame with a parallel line (wood grain?) texture. The paper backing has “Serena Potts’ work born 1812” handwritten and a “Royal Picture Gallery” (Calgary, Alberta) framer’s sticker.
Subject
households
decorative
children
crafts
needlework
Serena M. Potts
Mary Schaffer Warren
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
107.02.0008
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Date
1820 – 1825
Material
fibre, cotton
Catalogue Number
107.02.1006 a, b
Description
Two verses centered in picture in tiny brown straight stitch embroidery "How should thee morning of my days Be spent in humble prayer and Praise, To him he save me life and breath And still preserve my soul from death - O may his condescending love Still draw my heart to things above, That I among …
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Title
Embroidery Sampler
Date
1820 – 1825
Material
fibre, cotton
Dimensions
44.75 x 51.0 cm
Description
Two verses centered in picture in tiny brown straight stitch embroidery "How should thee morning of my days Be spent in humble prayer and Praise, To him he save me life and breath And still preserve my soul from death - O may his condescending love Still draw my heart to things above, That I among his saints may know The joys of heaven begun below. Deborah Schaffer". Cross stitched large beige flower with blue ribbon is bottom centre from which various coloured flowers and leaves surround the verse. b) Note “Deborah Schaeffer 1540”
Subject
households
furnishings
Deborah Schaffer
Mary Shaffer Warren
needlework
embroidery
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
107.02.1006 a, b
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Date
1820 – 1830
Material
paper
Catalogue Number
110.02.1004
Description
Handmade cardboard oval box with lid. Hand stitched and covered with decorated paper, dark beige with black pattern.
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Title
Handmade Box
Date
1820 – 1830
Material
paper
Dimensions
10.0 x 12.0 x 19.0 cm
Description
Handmade cardboard oval box with lid. Hand stitched and covered with decorated paper, dark beige with black pattern.
Subject
households
hobbies
Priscilla Morgan Potts
Mary Schaffer
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
110.02.1004
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