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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
1910 – 1930
Material
ceramic
Catalogue Number
102.04.0269
Description
Circular based vase, container is inverted triangular shape which is flattened, indented, oblong rim shape versus circular rim shape, concave foot. "Made (pi?)AM ... R.72" written on base. Label on base "Carbone Inc. Boston FF-1135". White slip with hand-painted, multi-coloured floral designs, gre…
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Title
Vase
Date
1910 – 1930
Material
ceramic
Dimensions
18.4 x 9.8 x 16.7 cm
Description
Circular based vase, container is inverted triangular shape which is flattened, indented, oblong rim shape versus circular rim shape, concave foot. "Made (pi?)AM ... R.72" written on base. Label on base "Carbone Inc. Boston FF-1135". White slip with hand-painted, multi-coloured floral designs, green leaves dominant colour.
Subject
households
decorative
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0269
Images
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