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Date
1820 – 1850
Material
paper; paint; glue; fibre
Catalogue Number
110.01.1044 a,b
Description
Hand made paper box with cover. Is oblong with rounded edges decorated in green and white leaf pattern, blue, black and white trim on the inside."Belonged to Dr. Schaffer's mother" hand written on bottom of box.
Title
Box
Date
1820 – 1850
Material
paper; paint; glue; fibre
Dimensions
9.7 x 20.7 cm
Description
Hand made paper box with cover. Is oblong with rounded edges decorated in green and white leaf pattern, blue, black and white trim on the inside."Belonged to Dr. Schaffer's mother" hand written on bottom of box.
Subject
households
hobbies
needlework
sewing
Mary Schaffer Warren
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
110.01.1044 a,b
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Date
1820 – 1850
Material
paper
Catalogue Number
110.01.1045 a-c
Description
A small white oval shaped paper box with blue trim. There is sticker on label from a hotel in Europe. Inside small piece lace, 10.7x4.3 cm. Inside lid, on bottom written "B E .... trim from Mary E. Fowler Oct 5, 1875" "Made by S.M. Potts" probably refers to the lace.
Title
Box
Date
1820 – 1850
Material
paper
Dimensions
4.0 x 5.5 cm
Description
A small white oval shaped paper box with blue trim. There is sticker on label from a hotel in Europe. Inside small piece lace, 10.7x4.3 cm. Inside lid, on bottom written "B E .... trim from Mary E. Fowler Oct 5, 1875" "Made by S.M. Potts" probably refers to the lace.
Subject
households
hobbies
needlework
sewing
Mary Schaffer Warren
S. M. Potts
Mary E. Fowler
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
110.01.1045 a-c
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Date
1799
Material
fibre; wood
Catalogue Number
107.02.1007 a-c
Description
Traditional sampler, 4.0 wide border is a line of stitching in pyramid shapes with flower baskets. At the top of inside border is the upper case alphabet, one line of small letters, other in bigger letters and two lines. In the centre is a picture of a white house to the left, a green picket f…
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Title
Embroidery Sampler
Date
1799
Material
fibre; wood
Dimensions
42.0 x 42.0 cm
Description
Traditional sampler, 4.0 wide border is a line of stitching in pyramid shapes with flower baskets. At the top of inside border is the upper case alphabet, one line of small letters, other in bigger letters and two lines. In the centre is a picture of a white house to the left, a green picket fence, two trees and to the right a two storey brown house. Below that is six lines of writing beginning "One Weeks Extremity May Teach Us ....." "Susan Lehman her work done In the ninth year Of Her Age (__ ?) 1799" * Someone numbered the labels as (a) and (b) and the sampler as (c). It is too fragile to change
Subject
households
furnishings
Susan Lehmann
Mary Schaffer Warren
hobbies
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
107.02.1007 a-c
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Date
1890 – 1910
Material
wood; skin; metal; glass
Catalogue Number
104.41.0007
Description
Pony Premo folding camera #6. Black leather box, handle, releases by pressing worn mark below square. Glass sight finder. Interior fine mahogany finish, steel fittings. Bottom folds down becoming sliding track for lens, accordian pleated red bellows behind. Top of box contains glass developing p…
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Title
Folding Camera
Date
1890 – 1910
Material
wood; skin; metal; glass
Dimensions
8.5 x 15.0 x 17.0 cm
Description
Pony Premo folding camera #6. Black leather box, handle, releases by pressing worn mark below square. Glass sight finder. Interior fine mahogany finish, steel fittings. Bottom folds down becoming sliding track for lens, accordian pleated red bellows behind. Top of box contains glass developing plate, removable by releasing metal catches at front and sliding forward to release from box, tripod hole.
Subject
hobbies
photography
Mary Schaffer Warren
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.41.0007
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Date
1775 – 1820
Material
glass; fibre; paper; bone; metal
Catalogue Number
107.02.1016
Description
Kit with various beads and supplies for working. 26 small paper bundles of beads, tied with string. One long beaded string, mauve. One piece of muslin 16.3 x 22.0, all edges whip stitched. Unfinished beadwork in blc 4.0 x 7.5, mauve background, green pot with stems and 2 hanging burgandy flower…
Title
Kit Beadwork
Date
1775 – 1820
Material
glass; fibre; paper; bone; metal
Description
Kit with various beads and supplies for working. 26 small paper bundles of beads, tied with string. One long beaded string, mauve. One piece of muslin 16.3 x 22.0, all edges whip stitched. Unfinished beadwork in blc 4.0 x 7.5, mauve background, green pot with stems and 2 hanging burgandy flowers. Thin needle with string pinned in material. One bone crochet hook 8.5 x 1.8. One square paper box with lid with loose beads. Written on box in pencil: "Last piece beadwork by Grandmother Cope Sharples - 1820" Another piece of paper has written: "Elizabeth Jefferes last work about 2 years before she died."
Subject
hobbies
Mary Schaffer Warren
Cope Sharples
Elizabeth Jefferes
beadwork
needlework
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
107.02.1016
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Date
1900 – 1933
Material
wood; metal
Catalogue Number
110.01.1043
Description
A carved wooden stationery box with brass hinges and brass initials "M.S." on the hinged lid.
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Title
Stationery Box
Date
1900 – 1933
Material
wood; metal
Dimensions
8.0 x 16.5 x 21.5 cm
Description
A carved wooden stationery box with brass hinges and brass initials "M.S." on the hinged lid.
Subject
households
hobbies
needlework
sewing
Mary Schaffer Warren
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
110.01.1043
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