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- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- wood; hair, sheep; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0073
- Description
- A small oval footstool, floral needlepoint design including rose at centre and morning glories at extremes, and various other pale yellow flowers in bunches and perhaps lavender morning glories. Legs are lathe turned and incised and set into sectioned plank base with glue.
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- Title
- Footstool
- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- wood; hair, sheep; fibre
- Dimensions
- 18.5 x 21.0 x 30.0 cm
- Description
- A small oval footstool, floral needlepoint design including rose at centre and morning glories at extremes, and various other pale yellow flowers in bunches and perhaps lavender morning glories. Legs are lathe turned and incised and set into sectioned plank base with glue.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0073
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- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- wood; metal; hair, sheep
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0077
- Description
- A low rectangular footstool with its legs an extension of its two side panels, bowed in slightly at legs in a approximation of empire design. Two end panels mortised into side-leg panels. Wood platform held to leg support by screws. "C-8" in circle stamped on underneath platform. Upholstery web tac…
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- Title
- Footstool
- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- wood; metal; hair, sheep
- Dimensions
- 21.0 x 22.8 x 35.5 cm
- Description
- A low rectangular footstool with its legs an extension of its two side panels, bowed in slightly at legs in a approximation of empire design. Two end panels mortised into side-leg panels. Wood platform held to leg support by screws. "C-8" in circle stamped on underneath platform. Upholstery web tacked into platform. Upper surface is cross-stitched in a pink flower and blue wave pattern alternating, separated by pale gold bands with brown zigzags on them.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0077
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- Date
- 1840 – 1875
- Material
- shell; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0126
- Description
- An oval cameo of mother of pearl on brownish background. Luminous carving of woman's profile. Fat oval background of iridescent abalone shell. Simple oval setting forms plain brass ? frame around with long hinged pin spike horizontally across back fastening under curled hook clasp on opposite side.
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- Title
- Cameo Brooch
- Date
- 1840 – 1875
- Material
- shell; metal
- Dimensions
- 1.3 x 2.8 x 3.4 cm
- Description
- An oval cameo of mother of pearl on brownish background. Luminous carving of woman's profile. Fat oval background of iridescent abalone shell. Simple oval setting forms plain brass ? frame around with long hinged pin spike horizontally across back fastening under curled hook clasp on opposite side.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0126
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- Date
- 1875 – 1900
- Material
- shell; stone; metal; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0196
- Description
- Long, double strand of tiny seed pearls with three moonstones. Pearls approximately 1.0 mm in diameter, moonstones are rounded ovals reflecting bluish tinge, and set in simple, oval, gold fittings with 2 small gold eyes at each end to hold the double strand of pearls. Pearls threaded in lengths o…
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- Title
- Necklace
- Date
- 1875 – 1900
- Material
- shell; stone; metal; fibre
- Dimensions
- 0.4 x 60.0 cm
- Description
- Long, double strand of tiny seed pearls with three moonstones. Pearls approximately 1.0 mm in diameter, moonstones are rounded ovals reflecting bluish tinge, and set in simple, oval, gold fittings with 2 small gold eyes at each end to hold the double strand of pearls. Pearls threaded in lengths of approximately 23 cm between the moonstones, middle length broken. Several loose seed pearls from this necklace, as well as some medium sized pearls, and some larger pearls, not all are genuine, plus a small rod of metal. In small, 7.1x4.0x2.3, wooden Japanese box marked "Edie Morse from Mrs Yatabe" Box lined with a piece of soft paper which folds over contents and has red, stamped, Japanese calligraphy on top.
- Subject
- households
- adornment
- Edith Morse Robb
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0196
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- Date
- 1925 – 1935
- Material
- fibre, flax
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0036 a-e
- Description
- White linen tea towels with embroidered circle monogram "R" at one end. End edges are hemmed with eyelet border. Sides are woven finished. Commercially produced cloth is white on white damask with stripes. Blossoms at corners and leaves on side borders."R" probably hand monogrammed (Robb family).
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- Title
- Hand Towel Set
- Date
- 1925 – 1935
- Material
- fibre, flax
- Dimensions
- 44.7 x 80.0 cm
- Description
- White linen tea towels with embroidered circle monogram "R" at one end. End edges are hemmed with eyelet border. Sides are woven finished. Commercially produced cloth is white on white damask with stripes. Blossoms at corners and leaves on side borders."R" probably hand monogrammed (Robb family).
- Subject
- households
- Edith Morse Robb
- CRW wedding
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0036 a-e
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Fingertip Towel Set
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- Date
- 1925 – 1935
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0037 a-f
- Description
- Damask woven white towels with hemmed end edges which are trimmed in eyelet design. Sides are woven finished. Overall white on white fabric pattern with urn and flower pot edge designs in linen. Probably commercially produced whereas monogrammed script "R" possibly hand embroidered ("R" representin…
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- Title
- Fingertip Towel Set
- Date
- 1925 – 1935
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 35.0 x 59.9 cm
- Description
- Damask woven white towels with hemmed end edges which are trimmed in eyelet design. Sides are woven finished. Overall white on white fabric pattern with urn and flower pot edge designs in linen. Probably commercially produced whereas monogrammed script "R" possibly hand embroidered ("R" representing Robb family).
- Subject
- households
- CRW wedding
- Edith Morse Robb
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0037 a-f
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- Date
- 1870 – 1935
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0042
- Description
- Urn shaped, lidded bottle with trimmed foot. Transparent glaze with ornate, floral cobalt blue decoration which covers most of exterior, glazed inside and outside. Knob on lid covered in gold lustre. Bottle rim has been mended with red and gold lacquer. Small crack in base which possibly occurred d…
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- Title
- Toilet Bottle
- Date
- 1870 – 1935
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 7.7 x 6.3 cm
- Description
- Urn shaped, lidded bottle with trimmed foot. Transparent glaze with ornate, floral cobalt blue decoration which covers most of exterior, glazed inside and outside. Knob on lid covered in gold lustre. Bottle rim has been mended with red and gold lacquer. Small crack in base which possibly occurred during firing.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0042
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- Date
- 1870 – 1935
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0043
- Description
- Pear shaped container with .5, very small, cm. wide neck and small, inset cap, trimmed foot. Transparent glaze with pale orange and green enamel and gold lustre floral decoration, bottle neck has cobalt and gold lustre scroll border.
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- Title
- Toilet Bottle
- Date
- 1870 – 1935
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 5.2 x 3.4 cm
- Description
- Pear shaped container with .5, very small, cm. wide neck and small, inset cap, trimmed foot. Transparent glaze with pale orange and green enamel and gold lustre floral decoration, bottle neck has cobalt and gold lustre scroll border.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0043
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0044
- Description
- Tiny, spherical body and cylindrical neck of .6cm. diameter. Milky white glass with iridescent speckles, Torn label in E.S. Morse handwriting reads "glass tear bottle 2000 years... 1916...No5?".
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- Title
- Toilet Bottle
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- glass
- Dimensions
- 3.5 x 2.6 cm
- Description
- Tiny, spherical body and cylindrical neck of .6cm. diameter. Milky white glass with iridescent speckles, Torn label in E.S. Morse handwriting reads "glass tear bottle 2000 years... 1916...No5?".
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0044
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0045
- Description
- Tiny, bulbous container with cylindrical neck and belled rim, indentation in base, milky white with iridescent speckles. Dark accent inside and outside of rim. Note inside bottle in E.S. Morse handwriting "Etruscan Glass, Before Christian era".
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- Title
- Toilet Bottle
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- glass
- Dimensions
- 2.3 x 2.2 cm
- Description
- Tiny, bulbous container with cylindrical neck and belled rim, indentation in base, milky white with iridescent speckles. Dark accent inside and outside of rim. Note inside bottle in E.S. Morse handwriting "Etruscan Glass, Before Christian era".
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0045
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