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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
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic, bone china
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0121
- Description
- A simple round bowl resting on a round base that is larger than the bottom of the bowl. The bowl is decorated with a plain gold band around the outside of the rim and a gold line on the base. The bowl is marked “H & Co. L France” which stands for Haviland & Co. Limoges. There is a white sticke…
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- Title
- Bowl
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic, bone china
- Dimensions
- 7.5 cm
- Description
- A simple round bowl resting on a round base that is larger than the bottom of the bowl. The bowl is decorated with a plain gold band around the outside of the rim and a gold line on the base. The bowl is marked “H & Co. L France” which stands for Haviland & Co. Limoges. There is a white sticker with “59” written on it affixed to the interior.
- Subject
- households
- Pat Brewster
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0121
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