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Date
1910 – 1930
Material
metal; wood; hair
Catalogue Number
103.07.0116
Description
Oblong, handless brush with sterling spine which is scored lengthwise with blank engraving plate at centre and edges are bevelled. Stamped "Sterling" on edge followed by hallmark. Spine sits on wood base for bristles but has become unglued and is detachable, wire construction for anchoring bristle…
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Title
Clothes Brush
Date
1910 – 1930
Material
metal; wood; hair
Dimensions
4.0 x 3.6 x 12.2 cm
Description
Oblong, handless brush with sterling spine which is scored lengthwise with blank engraving plate at centre and edges are bevelled. Stamped "Sterling" on edge followed by hallmark. Spine sits on wood base for bristles but has become unglued and is detachable, wire construction for anchoring bristles on wood base. Topside of wood base is white laminated moulding.
Subject
households
CRW
Edith Morse Robb
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.07.0116
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Date
1913
Material
hair; fibre
Catalogue Number
107.02.0024
Description
A rectangular piece of commercially woven needlepoint canvas with sampler design worked in wool slightly off centre and closer to the top. Background fabric natural ecru colour with rectangular sampler bordered in blue with light blue fret pattern edging. Alphabet of capital letters worked at the t…
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Title
Cross Stitch Sampler
Date
1913
Material
hair; fibre
Dimensions
23.0 x 30.4 cm
Description
A rectangular piece of commercially woven needlepoint canvas with sampler design worked in wool slightly off centre and closer to the top. Background fabric natural ecru colour with rectangular sampler bordered in blue with light blue fret pattern edging. Alphabet of capital letters worked at the top in tan colour with cross stitch, with a cross stitched dog filling the space left at the end of the alphabet, then a row of blue cross stitching divides the numerals from 1 through 9 to 0 in light green, ending with the date "1913", then a blue line followed by "Catharine Robb", in pink, "her sampler, aged 7", in light green. Followed by a blue line with a small looped garland of pink flowers hanging from it, and a picture below carefully worked in needlepoint of a basket of flowers at the centre and a tree in pink flowerpot on either side.
Subject
households
decorative
craft
needlework
CR
children
Edith Morse Robb
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
107.02.0024
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Date
1830 – 1880
Material
ceramic
Catalogue Number
104.20.0241
Description
Beige ground with gold birds over waves and top and bottom border designs, circular flat foot, glaze is crazed, small indention for pouring, 2 cm. neck containing 3 small chips.
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Title
Sake Bottle
Date
1830 – 1880
Material
ceramic
Dimensions
14.7 x 6.5 cm
Description
Beige ground with gold birds over waves and top and bottom border designs, circular flat foot, glaze is crazed, small indention for pouring, 2 cm. neck containing 3 small chips.
Subject
households
Edward S. Morse
Edith Morse Robb
Satsuma
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0241
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Date
1835
Material
ceramic
Catalogue Number
104.20.0280 a,b
Description
Two teacups made of porcelain with black, geometric, stenciled design, 2 flowers on outside, trimmed foot. Red and white label on the inside of (b) reads “Yatsushiso 1835 set of 5 Made for Governor”
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Title
Teacup
Date
1835
Material
ceramic
Dimensions
4.5 x 6.7 cm
Description
Two teacups made of porcelain with black, geometric, stenciled design, 2 flowers on outside, trimmed foot. Red and white label on the inside of (b) reads “Yatsushiso 1835 set of 5 Made for Governor”
Subject
Whyte home
households
Edith Morse Robb
Edward S. Morse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0280 a,b
Images
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