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- Date
- 1925 – 1930
- Material
- paper; metal; skin; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.39.1017
- Description
- Brown pressed paper box with hinged lid, leather handle,and metal hinges and closures. A label on top of the case reads “Chicago Academy of Fine Arts” and has Edmee Moore’s Chicago address handwritten in pencil.The case contains: a cardboard box of poster paint jars, five other paint jars, two pai…
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- Title
- Assemblage
- Date
- 1925 – 1930
- Material
- paper; metal; skin; wood
- Description
- Brown pressed paper box with hinged lid, leather handle,and metal hinges and closures. A label on top of the case reads “Chicago Academy of Fine Arts” and has Edmee Moore’s Chicago address handwritten in pencil.The case contains: a cardboard box of poster paint jars, five other paint jars, two paint trays, two single paint bowls, nine paint brushes, two protractors, three fine pens, a card of lettering nibs, a box of pins and nibs, five metal adjustable holders, three pencil erasers, four pencils, one stick, one palette knife, two erasers, one sandpaper stick, one metal tool in a case, one wooden hinged tool, one complete drafting tool set, one set of lesson cards, one paint rag, and numerous pieces of charcoal.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 104.39.1017
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- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- metal, brass
- Catalogue Number
- 104.39.0006 a-c
- Description
- Three brass holders for drawing crayons (charcoal, conti, chalk, etc.). Each holder is a set of hollow tubes split into long jaws at each end to hold the crayon. The jaws tighten with sliding rings at the middle of the tube. There are also nine pieces of squared black Conti crayon and a squared p…
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- Title
- Crayon Holder
- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- metal, brass
- Dimensions
- 1.0 x 0.7 x 13.0 cm
- Description
- Three brass holders for drawing crayons (charcoal, conti, chalk, etc.). Each holder is a set of hollow tubes split into long jaws at each end to hold the crayon. The jaws tighten with sliding rings at the middle of the tube. There are also nine pieces of squared black Conti crayon and a squared piece of white chalk with the holders.
- Subject
- households
- crafts
- drawing
- sketching
- Edmee Moore
- hobbies
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.39.0006 a-c
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- Date
- 1910 – 1930
- Material
- glass; wax; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0011
- Description
- A collection of 61 bottles of “Dunne's,” “Elmendorf's,” and “Cobden” pastel colours. The bottles are glass tubes with wax stoppers and paper labels indicating the brand and colour. The bottles were found in a paper covered box.
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- Title
- Paint Bottle
- Date
- 1910 – 1930
- Material
- glass; wax; paper
- Dimensions
- 6.0 (average) x 1.5 (average) x 1.5 (average) cm
- Description
- A collection of 61 bottles of “Dunne's,” “Elmendorf's,” and “Cobden” pastel colours. The bottles are glass tubes with wax stoppers and paper labels indicating the brand and colour. The bottles were found in a paper covered box.
- Subject
- households
- painting
- art
- Edmee Moore
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0011
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- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- metal; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0009
- Description
- A flat black cardboard box of “M.K. Dunne Pastel Colors.” The interior of the box is red with gold printing on the lid listing the contents. The box contains various sizes of metal tubes of paint with screw caps and paper labels.
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- Title
- Paint Box
- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- metal; paper
- Dimensions
- 2.0 x 8.0 x 20.0 cm
- Description
- A flat black cardboard box of “M.K. Dunne Pastel Colors.” The interior of the box is red with gold printing on the lid listing the contents. The box contains various sizes of metal tubes of paint with screw caps and paper labels.
- Subject
- households
- painting
- art
- Edmee Moore
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0009
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- Date
- 1910 – 1930
- Material
- glass; cork; metal; hair; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0010 a-f
- Description
- A flat blue cardboard box (a), for “Imperial German Gold Enamel,” with a black label with gold printing and a trademark on the lid. The inside of box has compartments to hold a small round faceted bottle of gold powder (b) with a cork stopper, a squared bottle of liquid (c) with a cork stopper, a …
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- Title
- Paint Box
- Date
- 1910 – 1930
- Material
- glass; cork; metal; hair; paper
- Dimensions
- 2.5 x 6.5 x 11.0 cm
- Description
- A flat blue cardboard box (a), for “Imperial German Gold Enamel,” with a black label with gold printing and a trademark on the lid. The inside of box has compartments to hold a small round faceted bottle of gold powder (b) with a cork stopper, a squared bottle of liquid (c) with a cork stopper, a small oval shaped metal dish (d), a brush with short metal handle (e), and the instructions for use on a folded piece of white paper (f).
- Subject
- households
- painting
- art
- Edmee Moore
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0010 a-f
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- Date
- 1925 – 1930
- Material
- wood; metal; hair
- Catalogue Number
- 104.39.0002
- Description
- A collection of twenty-three artist's paintbrushes and four paintbrush tips. Many of the brush handles are broken off at the end and some are chewed as well. The brushes and their dimensions are as follows:one flat Cambridge (London) - 21.0 x 1.3; one flat Cambridge (London) - 26.0 x 1.5 cm; one…
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- Title
- Paint Brush
- Date
- 1925 – 1930
- Material
- wood; metal; hair
- Description
- A collection of twenty-three artist's paintbrushes and four paintbrush tips. Many of the brush handles are broken off at the end and some are chewed as well. The brushes and their dimensions are as follows:one flat Cambridge (London) - 21.0 x 1.3; one flat Cambridge (London) - 26.0 x 1.5 cm; one flat J.H. Siegel (N.Y.) - 21.5 x 1.0 cm; one round #3 G. Rowney & Co (London) - 33.0 x 0.5 cm; two round #8 G. Rowney & Co (London) - 21.0 x 0.8 cm; two round #6 G. Rowney & Co (London) - 20.0 x 0.7 cm; one round #4 G. Rowney & Co (London) 79.0 x 0.5 cm; two round #7 Reeves 152 (England) - 19.8 x 0.8 cm; one round #3 Reeves 152 (England) - 19.0 x 0.5 cm; one round #6 Nippon - 18.0 x 0.7 cm; one round #4 Japan - 18.2 x 0.6 cm; one round #4 Bavaria - 17.5 x 0.5 cm; one round #6 - 23.3 x 0.6 cm;one round #3 - 17.0 x 0.5 cm; one round very fine - 16.1 x 0.4 cm; one round #1 with stiff bristles - 22.3 x 0.5; one round (England) - 32.0 x 0.8 cm; one round #12 (Bavaria) - 30.7 x 0.6 cm; one round cut off brush tip (England) - 8.4 cm; one flat brush tip with metal collar - 8.7 cm; one round brush tip with plastic collar - 7.0 cm; one short flat brush tip in - 3.9 x 1.3 cm.
- Subject
- households
- hobbies
- crafts
- painting
- Edmee Moore
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.39.0002
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- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.39.0001
- Description
- A set of five stacking ceramic palette cups and one lid that are stored in a blue cardboard box. Each cup has a slight lip at the outside of the bowl which fits into the depression in the underside of another. A flat-topped lid sits on the last cup when they are all stacked. Inside the lid there…
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- Title
- Palette Cup
- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 1.4 (each) cm
- Description
- A set of five stacking ceramic palette cups and one lid that are stored in a blue cardboard box. Each cup has a slight lip at the outside of the bowl which fits into the depression in the underside of another. A flat-topped lid sits on the last cup when they are all stacked. Inside the lid there is a sphinx trademark and “Made in Austria”. There is paint residue in each cup.
- Subject
- households
- hobbies
- crafts
- painting
- Edmee Moore
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.39.0001
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- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.39.0003
- Description
- A flexible metal blade with a blunt tip attached to a plain varnished wood handle. The blade is marked with “-W”.
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- Title
- Palette Knife
- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 1.1 x 1.5 x 18.5 cm
- Description
- A flexible metal blade with a blunt tip attached to a plain varnished wood handle. The blade is marked with “-W”.
- Subject
- households
- hobbies
- crafts
- painting
- Edmee Moore
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.39.0003
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- Date
- 1925 – 1930
- Material
- wood; wood, bamboo; metal, lead; metal; ivory; mineral, graphite
- Catalogue Number
- 104.39.0005 a-o
- Description
- A collection of eight drawing pencils and seven containers of pencil leads:a) one unsharpened black wooden pencil with a square lead (7.5 x 0.8 cm) and labelled "No. 2 Perry 728 Arch St."b-c) two pencils (l0.8 x 0.6 cm) each with a very thick sharply pointed lead in a bamboo sheath d) one automatic…
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- Title
- Pencil
- Date
- 1925 – 1930
- Material
- wood; wood, bamboo; metal, lead; metal; ivory; mineral, graphite
- Description
- A collection of eight drawing pencils and seven containers of pencil leads:a) one unsharpened black wooden pencil with a square lead (7.5 x 0.8 cm) and labelled "No. 2 Perry 728 Arch St."b-c) two pencils (l0.8 x 0.6 cm) each with a very thick sharply pointed lead in a bamboo sheath d) one automatic pencil (11.9 x 0.7 cm) that is black and metal covered at each end; lead is placed in jaws at the point which open by pressing a metal button at the end; labelled “Eagle Automatic 286 (Pat. Jun 26/77)”; e) one automatic pencil (9.0 x 0.6 cm) with a black plastic sheath with piece at the end which turns to adjust the length of lead through a small hole in molded plastic point; marked “Pat Aug 10, 1853, A Days”; f) one automatic pencil (14.5 X 0.6) with a very plain bone handle with metal tip with hole at the end; tip unscrews to reveal jaws which hold pencil lead; g) one silverpoint pencil (?) (10.0 x 0.5 cm) with a sharp thick point of silver or lead attached to a long dark brown wood handle with a knob carved at the end; h) one silverpoint (?) pencil (6.7 x 0.5 cm) with a thick sharp silver or lead point attached to a short ivory handle with a smallknob carved at the end and eight lines incised around;i-o) seven wooden tubes with lids containing various sizes of pencil lead: one tube (5.5 x 0.9 cm) with a flat top; one tube (4.5 x 0.8 cm) with a flat top; one tube (4.0 x 0.9 cm) with a flat top; one tube (3.5 x 0.1 cm) with a round top; one tube (6.1 x 0.9 cm) with a round top and a paper label reading "Henry Cohen, Phila, Half Dozen Cumberland Leads #12” and handwriting on the side "Gold, Pocket"; one tube (3.5 x 0.9 cm) with a round top and a paper label "Henry Cohen, Phila, #4 Everpoint Leads"; one tube (3.6 x 0.9 cm) with a flat top and a paper label "Henry Cohen, Phila, #4 Everpoint Leads"; one brass tube (4.8 x 0.7 cm) with a screw-on lid containing pencil leads
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.39.0005 a-o
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- Date
- 1900 – 1960
- Material
- glass
- Catalogue Number
- 111.02.0004
- Description
- A solid glass rod with a sharply pointed blue glass flame shape at one end, and a sharply pointed clear glass flame shape at the other.
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- Title
- Problematical
- Date
- 1900 – 1960
- Material
- glass
- Dimensions
- 0.8 x 0.8 x 14.9 cm
- Description
- A solid glass rod with a sharply pointed blue glass flame shape at one end, and a sharply pointed clear glass flame shape at the other.
- Subject
- hosueholds
- art
- painting
- Edmee Moore
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 111.02.0004
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