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- Date
- 1800 – 1900
- Material
- metal; skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0048 a-c
- Description
- A Japanese samurai sword with dirk and brown scabbard. (a) sword, long curved steel blade attached by brass collar to hilt. Handle of wood with pebbled texture of sharkskin applied and showing through diamond shaped openings left in decorative wrapping with leather strips over handle. Metal cap at…
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- Title
- Fighting Sword
- Date
- 1800 – 1900
- Material
- metal; skin; fibre
- Dimensions
- 7.0 x 6.5 x 72.1 cm
- Description
- A Japanese samurai sword with dirk and brown scabbard. (a) sword, long curved steel blade attached by brass collar to hilt. Handle of wood with pebbled texture of sharkskin applied and showing through diamond shaped openings left in decorative wrapping with leather strips over handle. Metal cap at end of handle has low relief casting of gilded dragonfly on one corner, a small bronze insect is caught below the leather wrapping on either side of the handle. Rectangular sword guard at hilt has incised design and vestiges of gold painted design with a decorative opening either side. (b) dirk, short narrow blade set into metal handle with inlay of bronze in shape of stem with leaves and two seed pods on one side, fits into slit in top of scabbard. Note: part of inlay missing. (c) scabbard, hollow wood shaped to fit the blade and covered with finely textured brown leather. Slots on either side near hilt are banded at top with smooth black strip, wood?, horn?, and further down as well, where dirk enters. Ornate metal cap at tip extends in a strip 16.0 cm along back edge and 5.0 cm along front edge with narrow metal band around scabbard 10.0 cm from tip. Small gilded dragonfly on one corner of cap at tip.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0048 a-c
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Dirk; Scabbard Sword
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- Date
- 1800 – 1880
- Material
- metal; wood; leather; skin; fibre; horn
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0051 a-c
- Description
- A Japanese samurai sword with black cord handle and black scabbard. (a) sword, long curved steel blade connected at hilt with brass to wooden handle covered with white pebbly sharkskin which shows through diamond shapes left open under silk cord which wraps handle. Metal band at base of hilt and me…
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- Title
- Dirk; Scabbard Sword
- Date
- 1800 – 1880
- Material
- metal; wood; leather; skin; fibre; horn
- Dimensions
- 7.4 x 66.6 cm
- Description
- A Japanese samurai sword with black cord handle and black scabbard. (a) sword, long curved steel blade connected at hilt with brass to wooden handle covered with white pebbly sharkskin which shows through diamond shapes left open under silk cord which wraps handle. Metal band at base of hilt and metal cap at its end have relief casting of leaves and blossoms, and a bronze casting of blossoms is caught under black cord wrapping handle, oval sword guard has cut out relief of branches and blossoms, with holes on either side large enough to allow dirk to pass through. (b) dirk, long thin blade set into brass handle with cast relief of heron standing in stream with incised bushes around. Japanese calligraphy on other side of handle. (c) scabbard, slightly curved to fit blade. Wood covered with fine grained leather with narrow black band, horn? at mouth and another at top of slit pocket where dirk slides in. Pocket groove on one side near top to accommodate dirk, and semi-circular black piece of carved horn on opposite side, threaded through with flat braided black silk cord to tie scabbard to belt
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0051 a-c
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And Scabbard Dagger
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- Date
- 1850 – 1920
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0056 a,b
- Description
- A long straight knife with fluted wooden handle and scabbard ornately trimmed with brass. (a) dagger, short, narrow, pointed, double edged steel blade with small, dark, fluted wooden handle. Blade guard, cast of brass with raised curlicue design, turns upward at sides, handle tip of cast brass wit…
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- Title
- And Scabbard Dagger
- Date
- 1850 – 1920
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 1.7 x 3.3 x 24.5 cm
- Description
- A long straight knife with fluted wooden handle and scabbard ornately trimmed with brass. (a) dagger, short, narrow, pointed, double edged steel blade with small, dark, fluted wooden handle. Blade guard, cast of brass with raised curlicue design, turns upward at sides, handle tip of cast brass with similar design and small lug with hole through at one side Note: blade guard loose; wooden handle cracked along length; blade pitted. (b) scabbard, narrow and straight, made of two pieces of wood held together by two rings of heavy cast brass with raised floral motifs, becoming oval medallions on one side with cast relief of dragon like figures. Cast brass bands at mouth and tip repeat dragon floral motif of other two bands and have floral motif cut through exposing pebbly stone inlay in wood. Brass ring near top with small brass loop on one side.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0056 a,b
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And Scabbard Knife
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- Date
- 1850 – 1935
- Material
- metal; shell; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0060 a,b
- Description
- Knife with carved pistol grip handle and flame like carved piece at mouth of wooden scabbard. (a) knife, thin, curved, pointed steel blade with handle carved of greenish tortoiseshell ? shaped like a simple pistol grip. Deep single groove incised at each side at top near hilt. Blade joined to hand…
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- Title
- And Scabbard Knife
- Date
- 1850 – 1935
- Material
- metal; shell; wood
- Dimensions
- 4.6 x 2.6 x 33.8 cm
- Description
- Knife with carved pistol grip handle and flame like carved piece at mouth of wooden scabbard. (a) knife, thin, curved, pointed steel blade with handle carved of greenish tortoiseshell ? shaped like a simple pistol grip. Deep single groove incised at each side at top near hilt. Blade joined to handle with roughly formed collar of grey metal. Note: hairline cracks in handle along grain, blade pitted and rusted. (b) scabbard, simple, slightly curved, wood with hoof like ebony tip. Band of tortoiseshell ? at opening carved in shape of flame or flowing leaf sticking out to one side. Round hole drilled through top, five thin lines incised across wood spaced evenly along length of scabbard. Small patches of glossy black material in a few places, and a black colour in the grain of the wood indicate that the wood may have been once enamelled black
- Subject
- warfare
- fighting
- Japanese
- Edward S. Morse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0060 a,b
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Dirk; Scabbard Sword
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- Date
- 1800 – 1880
- Material
- metal; wood; fibre; enamel; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0061 a-c
- Description
- Japanese samurai sword with blue silk cord wrapped handle and black enamelled scabbard: (a) sword, long, slightly curved, steel blade joined to hilt with wide copper band. Wooden handle wrapped with blue silk cord with pebbly white sharkskin showing through diamond-shaped openings in wrapping. Meta…
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- Title
- Dirk; Scabbard Sword
- Date
- 1800 – 1880
- Material
- metal; wood; fibre; enamel; skin
- Dimensions
- 6.7 x 6.0 x 54.5 cm
- Description
- Japanese samurai sword with blue silk cord wrapped handle and black enamelled scabbard: (a) sword, long, slightly curved, steel blade joined to hilt with wide copper band. Wooden handle wrapped with blue silk cord with pebbly white sharkskin showing through diamond-shaped openings in wrapping. Metal cap at end of handle with relief of squatting figure reading scroll. Small cast figures of two deer caught beneath cord on either side of handle. Metal band at base of handle with relief of gilded figure in reed boat. Rectangular sword guard with cast relief of chrysanthemums and butterfly with holes cut through each side to accommodate small dirk handle. (b) dirk, steel bladed with copper handle with relief casting of brass dragon on one side. (c) scabbard, slightly curved wood covered with black enamel containing green flecks, blunt end, top of scabbard has slot on one side leading to pocket in scabbard to accommodate small dirk. Opposite side from slot has semi-circular horn ? lug threaded with a length of black silk cord. Note: small band at top of dirk pocket missing, enamel cracked and peeling in many places, especially near top, semi-circular lug loose.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0061 a-c
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Practice Sword
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- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0063
- Description
- Light brown varnished, one piece carved wood sword handle carved in swirl design with leaf butt chipped at blade end blade double edged, but not sharp
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- Title
- Practice Sword
- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 3.5 x 2.4 x 65.8 cm
- Description
- Light brown varnished, one piece carved wood sword handle carved in swirl design with leaf butt chipped at blade end blade double edged, but not sharp
- Subject
- fighting
- Japanese
- Edward S. Morse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0063
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- Date
- 1800 – 1850
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0065 a,b
- Description
- Ornaments placed on sword handle ends, or possibly tip of scabbard, as decoration (a) resembles half walnut shape meant to be domed rock on which three brass ants are sitting. There are two oval openings on either side of piece, through which a cord wrapped around sword handle passes to attach orna…
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- Title
- Sword Ornament
- Date
- 1800 – 1850
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 1.3 x 1.8 x 3.0 cm
- Description
- Ornaments placed on sword handle ends, or possibly tip of scabbard, as decoration (a) resembles half walnut shape meant to be domed rock on which three brass ants are sitting. There are two oval openings on either side of piece, through which a cord wrapped around sword handle passes to attach ornaments. These openings are brass rimmed, the brass on one of the two openings is missing (b) is a smooth, elongated dome shape as well with single brass dragonfly on top., only other marking is red E.S. Morse label inside ornament, that reads 1072
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0065 a,b
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- Date
- 1800 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic; ivory
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0047
- Description
- Hand thrown, flat footed, cylindrical container with wire cut foot. Lid has knob and no foil liner. Lower portion of jar glazed in flat brown colour. Upper portion temmoku glazed and shows higher gloss.
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- Title
- Tea Jar
- Date
- 1800 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic; ivory
- Dimensions
- 10.1 x 5.3 cm
- Description
- Hand thrown, flat footed, cylindrical container with wire cut foot. Lid has knob and no foil liner. Lower portion of jar glazed in flat brown colour. Upper portion temmoku glazed and shows higher gloss.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0047
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- Date
- 1800 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic; ivory
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0048
- Description
- Hand thrown, flat foot, container, wider at base than at neck, with wire cut foot. Lid has knob and no foil liner and remnants of sticker, also has been mended. Temmoku glaze showing dark and medium brown densities. Shirifukure: Bulged bottom.
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- Title
- Tea Jar
- Date
- 1800 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic; ivory
- Dimensions
- 9.2 x 7.2 cm
- Description
- Hand thrown, flat foot, container, wider at base than at neck, with wire cut foot. Lid has knob and no foil liner and remnants of sticker, also has been mended. Temmoku glaze showing dark and medium brown densities. Shirifukure: Bulged bottom.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0048
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- Date
- 1800 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic; ivory
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0049
- Description
- Tall, irregular shaped, hand thrown, then tooled, container. Base has been wire cut and tooled. Lid has scar in ivory, has a knob handle and gold foil liner. Appears to have been glazed initially in transparent brown with temmoku over glaze.
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- Title
- Tea Jar
- Date
- 1800 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic; ivory
- Dimensions
- 11.9 x 6.0 cm
- Description
- Tall, irregular shaped, hand thrown, then tooled, container. Base has been wire cut and tooled. Lid has scar in ivory, has a knob handle and gold foil liner. Appears to have been glazed initially in transparent brown with temmoku over glaze.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0049
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- Date
- 1800 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic; ivory
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0050
- Description
- Hand thrown, flat footed, cylindrical container with wire cut foot. Lid has knob, foil liner and very fine circular line cuts surrounding knob. Temmoku glaze with yellow areas. Faded red label on foot "?2" and piecce of paper inside jar, with calligraphy on paper: Shigaraki-Yaki, Shigaraki Pottery
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- Title
- Tea Jar
- Date
- 1800 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic; ivory
- Dimensions
- 8.6 x 5.5 cm
- Description
- Hand thrown, flat footed, cylindrical container with wire cut foot. Lid has knob, foil liner and very fine circular line cuts surrounding knob. Temmoku glaze with yellow areas. Faded red label on foot "?2" and piecce of paper inside jar, with calligraphy on paper: Shigaraki-Yaki, Shigaraki Pottery
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0050
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- Date
- 1800 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic; ivory
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0051
- Description
- Hand thrown, flat footed, cylindrical container with wire cut foot. Lid has knob, foil liner and very fine concentric circles cut around knob. Temmoku glaze with fawn areas, arc shaped scoring on exterior of jar. Foot is shell imitation and 2.0 x 1.3 cm. void which may have occurred during firing.…
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- Title
- Tea Jar
- Date
- 1800 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic; ivory
- Dimensions
- 8.9 x 6.0 cm
- Description
- Hand thrown, flat footed, cylindrical container with wire cut foot. Lid has knob, foil liner and very fine concentric circles cut around knob. Temmoku glaze with fawn areas, arc shaped scoring on exterior of jar. Foot is shell imitation and 2.0 x 1.3 cm. void which may have occurred during firing. Mark left by wire when cut off the wheel.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0051
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- Date
- 1800 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic; ivory
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0053
- Description
- Hand thrown, spheroid container with wire cut, shell imitation flat foot. Lid has knob and long scar and foil liner. Temmoku glaze, mostly brown with black brown drips. Container has a slight neck versus short rim. Red label on outside "32". Utsumi: Inland Sea Shape.
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- Title
- Tea Jar
- Date
- 1800 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic; ivory
- Dimensions
- 6.4 x 6.3 cm
- Description
- Hand thrown, spheroid container with wire cut, shell imitation flat foot. Lid has knob and long scar and foil liner. Temmoku glaze, mostly brown with black brown drips. Container has a slight neck versus short rim. Red label on outside "32". Utsumi: Inland Sea Shape.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0053
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- Date
- 1800 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic; ivory
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0054
- Description
- Hand thrown container slightly wider at base than at neck, wire cut, shell imitation flat foot. Lid has knob, single scar and foil liner. Temmoku glaze of fairly consistent reddish brown. Large piece of impurity at base. Inside jar two labels: 79/2. Seto Date 1650. Gourd shape.
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- Title
- Tea Jar
- Date
- 1800 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic; ivory
- Dimensions
- 9.0 x 7.3 cm
- Description
- Hand thrown container slightly wider at base than at neck, wire cut, shell imitation flat foot. Lid has knob, single scar and foil liner. Temmoku glaze of fairly consistent reddish brown. Large piece of impurity at base. Inside jar two labels: 79/2. Seto Date 1650. Gourd shape.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0054
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- Date
- 1800 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic; ivory
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0056
- Description
- Hand thrown, squat spheroid container with trimmed footed base, "3.00" written in pencil on base and a signature stamp on well near base. Lid has small knob and foil liner with vine, concentric circles incised around knob. Black glaze with streaky blue white drip design over neck and shoulder where…
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- Title
- Tea Jar
- Date
- 1800 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic; ivory
- Dimensions
- 6.8 x 8.5 cm
- Description
- Hand thrown, squat spheroid container with trimmed footed base, "3.00" written in pencil on base and a signature stamp on well near base. Lid has small knob and foil liner with vine, concentric circles incised around knob. Black glaze with streaky blue white drip design over neck and shoulder where fine crackling can be seen. Brown seen at neck rim and near base, "Utsumi" shape.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0056
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- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0060
- Description
- Footed, bulbous, lidded container with copper lining, green from corrosion, and gold black speckled background throughout, with gold lacquer floral vine decoration through. Lid has knob and sits inside short jar rim.
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- Title
- Tea Jar
- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 7.1 x 6.5 cm
- Description
- Footed, bulbous, lidded container with copper lining, green from corrosion, and gold black speckled background throughout, with gold lacquer floral vine decoration through. Lid has knob and sits inside short jar rim.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0060
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- Date
- 1850 – 1925
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.35.0001 a,b
- Description
- Two wooden fifes with brass ends. Long tubes of dark, hard wood with a line of six fingering holes at one end, and a separate, larger blow hole at the other. Fife tapers from the blow hole towards each end, a wide brass ring caps each end. (a) longer, wide brass rings incised around with two doubl…
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- Title
- Fife
- Date
- 1850 – 1925
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 1.9 x 38.8 cm
- Description
- Two wooden fifes with brass ends. Long tubes of dark, hard wood with a line of six fingering holes at one end, and a separate, larger blow hole at the other. Fife tapers from the blow hole towards each end, a wide brass ring caps each end. (a) longer, wide brass rings incised around with two double lines Marks: half of red bordered paper sticker. "--M's --fe" (E.S.M's fife?) Note: ring at tail loose. (b) shorter, 36.6 cm, smaller brass rings each incised with two rings of tiny lines.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.35.0001 a,b
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- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0230
- Description
- Nearly square black lacquered tray with short straight sides and flat horizontal lip tapering at corners. Gold lacquer design of seven circles, approx. 5 cm diam, each made up of a different wreath formed by leaves, branches and blossoms of various flowers tinted in colour, iris, chrysanthemum, …
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- Title
- Serving Tray
- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 1.6 x 23.2 x 25.8 cm
- Description
- Nearly square black lacquered tray with short straight sides and flat horizontal lip tapering at corners. Gold lacquer design of seven circles, approx. 5 cm diam, each made up of a different wreath formed by leaves, branches and blossoms of various flowers tinted in colour, iris, chrysanthemum, peach.
- Subject
- households
- Japanese
- Edward S. Morse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0230
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- Date
- 1850 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0242
- Description
- Pale green ground with crackle glaze and two rounded, carved designs , one a landscape, one a house. Neck was finger pressure formed, has two holes for suspension. Sake bottle, server, has a foot, for heating double boiling .
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- Title
- Sake Bottle
- Date
- 1850 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic; fibre
- Dimensions
- 12.5 x 5.3 cm
- Description
- Pale green ground with crackle glaze and two rounded, carved designs , one a landscape, one a house. Neck was finger pressure formed, has two holes for suspension. Sake bottle, server, has a foot, for heating double boiling .
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0242
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- Date
- 1850 – 1885
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0267
- Description
- Porcelain teacup with cobalt slip, transparent overglaze. Hand trimmed sides and foot, reed design. Carved signature on base, means "Sei".
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- Title
- Teacup
- Date
- 1850 – 1885
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 3.6 x 6.5 cm
- Description
- Porcelain teacup with cobalt slip, transparent overglaze. Hand trimmed sides and foot, reed design. Carved signature on base, means "Sei".
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0267
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