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- Date
- 1890 – 1920
- Material
- bone, monkey; metal, brass; hair, horse; grass, bamboo; rattan
- Catalogue Number
- 104.48.0002 a,b
- Description
- A Chinese gold scale (a) and case (b). a) A scale with a long thin rod made from gibbon bone with a scale marked along its length with small dots. A brass pan is suspended by a black thread through a hole at the blunt end of the rod. There is a single thread at 9.5 cm from the blunt end that acts…
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- Title
- Balance Scale
- Date
- 1890 – 1920
- Material
- bone, monkey; metal, brass; hair, horse; grass, bamboo; rattan
- Dimensions
- a) .5 (pan x b) 6.6 x a) 32 (bea cm
- Description
- A Chinese gold scale (a) and case (b). a) A scale with a long thin rod made from gibbon bone with a scale marked along its length with small dots. A brass pan is suspended by a black thread through a hole at the blunt end of the rod. There is a single thread at 9.5 cm from the blunt end that acts as a fulcrum to hang the rod. b) A violin-shaped case made of carved bamboo that is hinged with brass at the end of the stem. A braided rattan ring slides down the stem to secure it when closed. There are carved areas insidethe case to fit the pan, rod and weight. The case is marked with a symbol carved into the outside. There is also a red and white paper inside with Chinese characters and “Ex.B Harry Sam” handwritten.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.48.0002 a,b
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- Date
- 1900 – 1970
- Material
- pearl; metal, gold
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0048 a-m
- Description
- A button collection with:a,b,c,d) four short shank pearl and gold post dress shirt detachable buttons;e,f) two medium shank pearl and gold plate dress shirt detachable buttons; g,h) two swivel shank pearl and gold detachable dress shirt buttons; i,j,k,l,m) five odd mother-of-pearl dress shirt detac…
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- Title
- Button
- Date
- 1900 – 1970
- Material
- pearl; metal, gold
- Description
- A button collection with:a,b,c,d) four short shank pearl and gold post dress shirt detachable buttons;e,f) two medium shank pearl and gold plate dress shirt detachable buttons; g,h) two swivel shank pearl and gold detachable dress shirt buttons; i,j,k,l,m) five odd mother-of-pearl dress shirt detachable buttons.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0048 a-m
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- Date
- 1900 – 1970
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0047 a-w
- Description
- A collection of cuff links:a) one round snap-type of brass; b,c) pair of round snap-type of silver with mother-of-pearl, black onyx and diamond ('Kum-a-part', mfg B&W co., pat 1923); d,e) pair of oval link-type of silver; f) one convex oval-type of silver (Birks); g) one flat oval disk link-type of…
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- Title
- Cuff Link
- Date
- 1900 – 1970
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 3.0 x 2.0 cm
- Description
- A collection of cuff links:a) one round snap-type of brass; b,c) pair of round snap-type of silver with mother-of-pearl, black onyx and diamond ('Kum-a-part', mfg B&W co., pat 1923); d,e) pair of oval link-type of silver; f) one convex oval-type of silver (Birks); g) one flat oval disk link-type of silver (Birks); h,i) incomplete pair of oval link-type of 14k gold (Birks) with 'H.L.' monogram; j) one round snap-type of brass; k) one oval stem-type of 10k gold with 'F.B.' monogram; l,m) pair squared link-type of gold (Birks) with 'F.A.B.' monogram; n) one hexagonal stem-type of silver; o,p) pair of square modern swivel-type with 'R' monogram; q) one plain oval with damaged stem of silver; r) one plain oval stem-type of gold; s) one oval link-type of gold (Birks) with 'F.A.B.' monogram;t,u) pair of mother-of-pearl rectangular modern swivel-type; v,w) pair of round mother-of-pearl stem-type.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0047 a-w
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