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Date
1900 – 1975
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
102.04.0227
Description
Metal bowl decorated with orange, blue, gold, white & red enamels. Exterior of bowl orange, interior floral and horse design in centre with red/blue/gold patterned border banding. Loss of gold enamel. "Handmade in Austria Steinbock-Email" sticker on base.
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Title
Decorative Bowl
Date
1900 – 1975
Material
metal
Dimensions
3.0 cm
Description
Metal bowl decorated with orange, blue, gold, white & red enamels. Exterior of bowl orange, interior floral and horse design in centre with red/blue/gold patterned border banding. Loss of gold enamel. "Handmade in Austria Steinbock-Email" sticker on base.
Subject
households
decorative
animal
horse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0227
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Date
1940 – 1957
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
102.04.0314
Description
Unvarnished, hand carved box, lid inset inside box rim, unhinged. Box is flat based with sides sitting on base edge, exterior roughly carved, inside straight sided. Lid French Canadian rural scene with man in horse drawn sleigh. Torn sticker that was removed indicated Canadian manufacture. Dark sta…
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Title
Trinket Box
Date
1940 – 1957
Material
wood
Dimensions
5.2 x 11.0 x 24.3 cm
Description
Unvarnished, hand carved box, lid inset inside box rim, unhinged. Box is flat based with sides sitting on base edge, exterior roughly carved, inside straight sided. Lid French Canadian rural scene with man in horse drawn sleigh. Torn sticker that was removed indicated Canadian manufacture. Dark stain at horse's head. Carved on lid is "Ardin"(?)
Subject
households
decorative
animal
horse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0314
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Date
1960 – 1965
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
102.04.0331
Description
Slope-sided, small bowl with slightly concave, grey-green base and red interior with grey, circular animal decoration, sun and "HP" on sloped sides.
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Title
Decorative Ashtray
Date
1960 – 1965
Material
metal
Dimensions
2.2 x 9.1 cm
Description
Slope-sided, small bowl with slightly concave, grey-green base and red interior with grey, circular animal decoration, sun and "HP" on sloped sides.
Subject
households
decorative
animal
horse
elephant
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0331
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Date
1950 – 1970
Material
wood; paper; metal
Catalogue Number
102.04.0381 a-d
Description
A set of four matching, large matchboxes fitted into red metal box with box lid. Box has Japanese writing in gold inside square frame at one corner of lid. In gold at one corner of bottom, "JAPAN". Four flat, rectangular, wooden matchboxes slide into rectangular box covers open at each end. Each b…
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Title
Matchbox; Decorative Set
Date
1950 – 1970
Material
wood; paper; metal
Dimensions
2.0 x 7.7 x 11.2 cm
Description
A set of four matching, large matchboxes fitted into red metal box with box lid. Box has Japanese writing in gold inside square frame at one corner of lid. In gold at one corner of bottom, "JAPAN". Four flat, rectangular, wooden matchboxes slide into rectangular box covers open at each end. Each box depicts on top brushwork white horse in different pose with red chop of artist, as well as name written in script, "YEDE". One long side has series of Japanese characters (each different), the other a rough striking surface for matches. Bottom is white background covered with a pattern of green and black diamond shapes, with "JAPAN" printed in red in lower right corner. (a) horse rearing (b) horse sniffing air (c) horse grazing facing right (d) horse with head lower facing left. Contains two long (10.5 cm) red-tipped matches.
Subject
households
decorative
animal
horse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0381 a-d
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Date
1975 – 1977
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
103.01.0065 a,b
Description
Two Russian hand painted pins on wooden forms. (a) is an oval form with a safety pin embedded in the back, and on the front a scene framed in black with gold squiggles. Two dancing horses and a dancing peasant playing a horn before a turquoise gold-flecked sky. (b) a circular pin similarly made wit…
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Title
Scatter Pin Brooch
Date
1975 – 1977
Material
wood
Dimensions
4.0 x 6.0 cm
Description
Two Russian hand painted pins on wooden forms. (a) is an oval form with a safety pin embedded in the back, and on the front a scene framed in black with gold squiggles. Two dancing horses and a dancing peasant playing a horn before a turquoise gold-flecked sky. (b) a circular pin similarly made with a vignetted scene of a princely sort on his knees, carrying a bow in his left hand, and perhaps protesting his love to a rather haughty sort of haloed princess who might be rising out of waves. Both have writing in Cyrillic on their backs, untranslated, and (b) additionally has Berezhka (“Birch tree”) sticker and price: 13.70
Subject
households
adornment
animal
horse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.0065 a,b
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Date
1920 – 1950
Material
metal; pearl; glass
Catalogue Number
103.01.0170
Description
Three dimensional, enamelled, miniature St. George slaying the dragon. Short chain with cultured pearls, suspends horse from rings at its head and tail. Large brass hanging ring at top of chain, cast brass figurine has been carefully enamelled. Depicts man in green armour with a broadsword raised. …
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Title
Pendant
Date
1920 – 1950
Material
metal; pearl; glass
Dimensions
6.9 x 2.0 x 3.2 cm
Description
Three dimensional, enamelled, miniature St. George slaying the dragon. Short chain with cultured pearls, suspends horse from rings at its head and tail. Large brass hanging ring at top of chain, cast brass figurine has been carefully enamelled. Depicts man in green armour with a broadsword raised. Astride white horse trampling winged dragon lying on its back. Harness under tail of small red glass gems, small .5 x .4 cm red glass gem on brass setting dangles beneath from dragon's back.
Subject
Whyte home
households
adornment
animal
dragon
horse
St. George
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.0170
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Date
1930 – 1960
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
103.01.0179
Description
Small silver, coin like disk with rigid at top for hanging. One side contains relief of horseman with long spear trampling on a dragon and around the outside, "S: George: Eqvitvmptrn", obverse, square rigged ship on stormy sea with wind blowing and sails billowing loose. Around the outside "Intempt…
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Title
Charm
Date
1930 – 1960
Material
metal
Dimensions
0.5 x 1.8 x 2.2 cm
Description
Small silver, coin like disk with rigid at top for hanging. One side contains relief of horseman with long spear trampling on a dragon and around the outside, "S: George: Eqvitvmptrn", obverse, square rigged ship on stormy sea with wind blowing and sails billowing loose. Around the outside "Intempte: Secvritas". Heavy hanging ring at right angle to medal has ridged surface outside.
Subject
Whyte home
households
adornment
animal
dragon
horse
St. George
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.0179
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Date
1920 – 1950
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
104.03.1001 a,b
Description
One horseshoe, broken.
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Title
Horseshoe
Date
1920 – 1950
Material
metal
Dimensions
1.5 x 2.5 cm
Description
One horseshoe, broken.
Subject
packers and guides
Ike Mills
animal
horse
Credit
Gift of Peter Whyte, 1966
Catalogue Number
104.03.1001 a,b
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Date
1870 – 1890
Material
ceramic
Catalogue Number
104.20.0251
Description
Beige clay with impressed indentations, dark brown horse design inside bowl. Signature stamp on base, trimmed foot.
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Title
Sake Teacup
Date
1870 – 1890
Material
ceramic
Dimensions
4.0 x 5.7 cm
Description
Beige clay with impressed indentations, dark brown horse design inside bowl. Signature stamp on base, trimmed foot.
Subject
households
animal
horse
Edith Morse Robb
Edward S. Morse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0251
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Date
1924
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
104.20.0556 a-l
Description
Teaspoon size souvenir spoons, all with identical shafts in branch and leaf design with varying handle end decorations including peccary, gryphons, horse, crowns, cherub, Roman eagle, four have writing. Firenze, Forli, Siena and SPQR. Hallmarks on every spoon stamped "800" with hallmark resembling…
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Title
Spoon Collection
Date
1924
Material
metal
Dimensions
1.1 x 1.8 x 12.2 cm
Description
Teaspoon size souvenir spoons, all with identical shafts in branch and leaf design with varying handle end decorations including peccary, gryphons, horse, crowns, cherub, Roman eagle, four have writing. Firenze, Forli, Siena and SPQR. Hallmarks on every spoon stamped "800" with hallmark resembling caduceus.
Subject
households
animal
horse
eagle
souvenir
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0556 a-l
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