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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- metal; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0114
- Description
- An engraved gold heart on a fine gold chain. Heart hinged on side to open, with fingernail notch opposite. Front of heart engraved with flower in left lobe and leaves swirling to fill the rest of the surface. Framed by a zigzag border, back simple and plain. Small ring soldered in cleavage of heart…
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- Title
- Locket
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- metal; paper
- Dimensions
- 2.9 x 0.6 x 2.1 cm
- Description
- An engraved gold heart on a fine gold chain. Heart hinged on side to open, with fingernail notch opposite. Front of heart engraved with flower in left lobe and leaves swirling to fill the rest of the surface. Framed by a zigzag border, back simple and plain. Small ring soldered in cleavage of heart attaches to a loose ring through a small, flat, bar with an eye at the end. Locket opens to two heart shaped windows framed in gold and covered with clear cellophane backed with paper. Locket empty. Stamped into back: “gold filled”
- Subject
- Whyte home
- households
- adornment
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0114
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- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- metal; paper; hair; plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0164 a,b
- Description
- Two flat, round, gold lockets, hinged at bottom to open, with loose ring through soldered ring at top. (a) plain, small thumbnail slot near top to open. Inside of locket recessed with flat gold ring around edge which snaps in over celluloid to hold in place, one side contains lock of yellow-white h…
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- Title
- Locket
- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- metal; paper; hair; plastic
- Dimensions
- 3.4 x .4 cm
- Description
- Two flat, round, gold lockets, hinged at bottom to open, with loose ring through soldered ring at top. (a) plain, small thumbnail slot near top to open. Inside of locket recessed with flat gold ring around edge which snaps in over celluloid to hold in place, one side contains lock of yellow-white hair under celluloid. Celluloid missing from other side. Marks: scratched into empty side, "42"(?) (b) photo on front,gold filled, with cast wreath around hand tinted photo of a street in "West Port, Newburgh" covered with celluloid. Inside recessed with rings as above, each side holding another photo scene identified as "Lindores, Newburgh" and "The Schools, Newburgh". Inner rings of copper back cast with scrolled feather design flowing around one side. Large hinge on bottom. Lip around one frame inside, fits into recess on other side to latch when closed. Stamped into one side of edge, "P.Patent”
- Subject
- Whyte home
- households
- adornment
- souvenir
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0164 a,b
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- Date
- 1875 – 1925
- Material
- metal; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0165
- Description
- In flat, small buckskin pouch: Small, engraved, gold disk with black enamel line decoration. Completely engraved over front and back surface with tiny scrolling and curlicues, design accented with champleve technique using black enamel to form a linear design of six pointed star on front surroundin…
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- Title
- Locket
- Date
- 1875 – 1925
- Material
- metal; glass
- Dimensions
- .6 x 1.7 x 2.7 cm
- Description
- In flat, small buckskin pouch: Small, engraved, gold disk with black enamel line decoration. Completely engraved over front and back surface with tiny scrolling and curlicues, design accented with champleve technique using black enamel to form a linear design of six pointed star on front surrounding small blue enamelled flower at centre. Tall knob at top holds large ring, both of which are chased on the surface. Small fingernail flange near top opens locket, hinge at bottom. Each half inside recessed with slight lip around. Portrait of man, photo? tintype? daguerrotype? barely discernible under round glass window fitting into one half. Marks: inside empty half, scratched into metal, “17”
- Subject
- Whyte home
- households
- adornment
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0165
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- Date
- 1960 – 1979
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0167
- Description
- Large, sterling silver, oval locket engraved with large "C". Hand engraved oval frame containing flowers and leaves around "C", looped cockscomb crest at top of oval with ring behind to hold fine, twisted, silver link chain with thumbnail notch on left to open. Inside concave, following shape of ou…
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- Title
- Locket
- Date
- 1960 – 1979
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 4.8 x 0.6 x 3.3 cm
- Description
- Large, sterling silver, oval locket engraved with large "C". Hand engraved oval frame containing flowers and leaves around "C", looped cockscomb crest at top of oval with ring behind to hold fine, twisted, silver link chain with thumbnail notch on left to open. Inside concave, following shape of outside, with framing rings soldered around edge with space behind so photo can be slipped in. box case 9.5 x 7.0 x 2.5 of metal covered with brown satin. Lined with satin in lid, and velvet in bottom. Lid hinged to snap open at the back. Inside lid. "Marjon of Kamloops B.C."
- Subject
- households
- adornment
- CR
- Catharine Robb
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0167
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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0194
- Description
- Hollow, silver heart shaped locket with padlock like shackle on top. Hand engraved heart has gracefully curling scrollwork on each side of the flat, heart shaped area. Edges are engraved with straight line, square pattern going around the heart edges. On each lobe of the heart sits a small 4.0 m…
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- Title
- Locket
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 1.8 x 3.2 cm
- Description
- Hollow, silver heart shaped locket with padlock like shackle on top. Hand engraved heart has gracefully curling scrollwork on each side of the flat, heart shaped area. Edges are engraved with straight line, square pattern going around the heart edges. On each lobe of the heart sits a small 4.0 mm silver ball from which springs an arched loop of silver passing from one to the other. This shackle is fastened securely into one ball where it is hinged to allow the other end to open, much in the smae manner as a padlock. End of shackle which opens has small notched hook to hold it in place when closed.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- households
- adornment
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0194
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- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- coral; metal; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0141 a,b
- Description
- A pink orange coral strand necklace. Tiny, irregular pieces of coral strung on string in a loop from small, round, gold, ring clasp. A second strand 11.5 cm long with cord knotted at bottom also attached. (b) small white envelope marked "loose coral" and wrapped with elastic band, contains many mor…
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- Title
- Necklace
- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- coral; metal; fibre
- Dimensions
- 0.5 x 20.5 cm
- Description
- A pink orange coral strand necklace. Tiny, irregular pieces of coral strung on string in a loop from small, round, gold, ring clasp. A second strand 11.5 cm long with cord knotted at bottom also attached. (b) small white envelope marked "loose coral" and wrapped with elastic band, contains many more pieces of the same coral.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0141 a,b
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- Date
- 1900 – 1935
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0161
- Description
- A long, silver chain linking large cast medallions and silver balls, six medallions on opposite sides of chain. Two swaddling babes with oval halos around followed by a series of oval links, then silver ball, Janus faced masks, one of man, other of woman, another silver ball, followed by series of …
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- Title
- Necklace
- Date
- 1900 – 1935
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 1.1 x 52.3 cm
- Description
- A long, silver chain linking large cast medallions and silver balls, six medallions on opposite sides of chain. Two swaddling babes with oval halos around followed by a series of oval links, then silver ball, Janus faced masks, one of man, other of woman, another silver ball, followed by series of links, then a flat, oval cluster of grape leaves, with a series of silver balls linking the two and closing the chain. At middle of each of two side series of links is a hollow, pierced, cylindrical link.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0161
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- Date
- 1905 – 1915
- Material
- metal; stone
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0162
- Description
- Necklace of purple stones trimmed with garlands of rhinestones. Eleven, large, 1.0x .8, translucent, purple zircons spaced evenly around neck. 2.5 cm length between each set with clear glass rhinestones. Drop shaped zircon hanging from middle is framed by bow and streamers of rhinestone, as is oval…
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- Title
- Necklace
- Date
- 1905 – 1915
- Material
- metal; stone
- Dimensions
- 0.6 x 1.0 x 21.8 cm
- Description
- Necklace of purple stones trimmed with garlands of rhinestones. Eleven, large, 1.0x .8, translucent, purple zircons spaced evenly around neck. 2.5 cm length between each set with clear glass rhinestones. Drop shaped zircon hanging from middle is framed by bow and streamers of rhinestone, as is oval stone from which it hangs. Setting for stones of heavy sterling silver; boxy clasp with pinch bar release is set with two rhinestones.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0162
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- Date
- 1875 – 1900
- Material
- shell; stone; metal; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0196
- Description
- Long, double strand of tiny seed pearls with three moonstones. Pearls approximately 1.0 mm in diameter, moonstones are rounded ovals reflecting bluish tinge, and set in simple, oval, gold fittings with 2 small gold eyes at each end to hold the double strand of pearls. Pearls threaded in lengths o…
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- Title
- Necklace
- Date
- 1875 – 1900
- Material
- shell; stone; metal; fibre
- Dimensions
- 0.4 x 60.0 cm
- Description
- Long, double strand of tiny seed pearls with three moonstones. Pearls approximately 1.0 mm in diameter, moonstones are rounded ovals reflecting bluish tinge, and set in simple, oval, gold fittings with 2 small gold eyes at each end to hold the double strand of pearls. Pearls threaded in lengths of approximately 23 cm between the moonstones, middle length broken. Several loose seed pearls from this necklace, as well as some medium sized pearls, and some larger pearls, not all are genuine, plus a small rod of metal. In small, 7.1x4.0x2.3, wooden Japanese box marked "Edie Morse from Mrs Yatabe" Box lined with a piece of soft paper which folds over contents and has red, stamped, Japanese calligraphy on top.
- Subject
- households
- adornment
- Edith Morse Robb
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0196
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- Date
- 1875 – 1935
- Material
- shell; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0197 a,b
- Description
- Two pearl necklaces in a small white drawstring bag patterned with blue flowers. (a) 20.5 long, triple strand of tiny seed pearls approximately 2.0 mm in diameter, strands joined with gold bolt ring clasp, natural pearls. (b) 22.0 long, graduated pearls, single strand of pearls progressing in siz…
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- Title
- Necklace
- Date
- 1875 – 1935
- Material
- shell; metal
- Dimensions
- 0.6 x 20.5 cm
- Description
- Two pearl necklaces in a small white drawstring bag patterned with blue flowers. (a) 20.5 long, triple strand of tiny seed pearls approximately 2.0 mm in diameter, strands joined with gold bolt ring clasp, natural pearls. (b) 22.0 long, graduated pearls, single strand of pearls progressing in size from 2.5 mm at the ends to 6.0 mm at the centre. Cultured pearls, knot in string between each pearl. Small ellipitical silver filigree clasp set with diamond chip in the middle. Bag also contains three necklace clasps in small envelope marked "Nela's nephrene clasps".
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0197 a,b
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