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Date
1850 – 1920
Material
ceramics;
Catalogue Number
102.04.0600
Description
Small round deep-sided decorative ceramic dish with blue and gilded gold stripes around the rim and a picture of a portly bald man wearing purple pants and a green coat with one hand raised in a room with a table, chairs, and windows behind him - printed at the bottom is “MR PICKWICK” and “BANFF” h…
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Title
Dish
Date
1850 – 1920
Material
ceramics;
Dimensions
4.0 cm
Description
Small round deep-sided decorative ceramic dish with blue and gilded gold stripes around the rim and a picture of a portly bald man wearing purple pants and a green coat with one hand raised in a room with a table, chairs, and windows behind him - printed at the bottom is “MR PICKWICK” and “BANFF” has been written above that in gold ink. A makers mark is stamped on the bottom - online research shows this image was a popular motif with Grimwades in the mid-1900s as Mr Pickwick was the main character of Charles Dickens’ first novel, “The Pickwick Papers.”
Subject
Charles Dickens
souvenir
household wares
literature
Credit
Gift of Bill Mather, Edmonton, 1991
Catalogue Number
102.04.0600
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Date
1850 – 1930
Material
ceramic, porcelain
Catalogue Number
103.08.0139
Description
A small white porcelain bottle with a rolled lip. The bottle is decorated with blue and red Chinese dogs playing with a ball, and a thin blue horizontal line just under the lip and at the base.
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Title
Snuff Bottle
Date
1850 – 1930
Material
ceramic, porcelain
Dimensions
7.5 cm
Description
A small white porcelain bottle with a rolled lip. The bottle is decorated with blue and red Chinese dogs playing with a ball, and a thin blue horizontal line just under the lip and at the base.
Subject
smoking
medicinal
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0139
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Date
1850 – 1930
Material
ceramic, porcelain
Catalogue Number
103.08.0140
Description
A small white bottle with a rolled lip. The bottle is decorated on the side with a standing male figure.
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Title
Snuff Bottle
Date
1850 – 1930
Material
ceramic, porcelain
Dimensions
7.5 cm
Description
A small white bottle with a rolled lip. The bottle is decorated on the side with a standing male figure.
Subject
smoking
medicinal
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0140
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Date
1850 – 1930
Material
glass
Catalogue Number
103.08.0141
Description
A small white glass bottle with a rounded bottom. The bottle has three green leaf-shaped decorative marks with red and yellow centres falling down from the neck on each side of the bottle.
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Title
Snuff Bottle
Date
1850 – 1930
Material
glass
Dimensions
6.0 cm
Description
A small white glass bottle with a rounded bottom. The bottle has three green leaf-shaped decorative marks with red and yellow centres falling down from the neck on each side of the bottle.
Subject
smoking
medicinal
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0141
Images
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