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Animal Figurine
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.01.0010
- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- mineral, onyx
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0010
- Description
- A stylized dragon carved from white onyx. The dragon’s body is flat and slightly arched over a round disk base with a dragon's head at one end looking back over the body. There is an ornate raised relief carving on the body. The base is marked with (Chinese?) characters inside a square.
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- Title
- Animal Figurine
- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- mineral, onyx
- Dimensions
- 2.0 x 12.0 cm
- Description
- A stylized dragon carved from white onyx. The dragon’s body is flat and slightly arched over a round disk base with a dragon's head at one end looking back over the body. There is an ornate raised relief carving on the body. The base is marked with (Chinese?) characters inside a square.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0010
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Animal Figurine
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.01.0014
- Date
- 1890 – 1920
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0014
- Description
- A painted casting (brass?) of a pug dog with its hind end in the air and shoulders and forelegs on the ground. The dog is grey with a black muzzle and ears, has a curly tail, and is wearing a narrow brown collar.
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- Title
- Animal Figurine
- Date
- 1890 – 1920
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 11.0 (approx.) cm
- Description
- A painted casting (brass?) of a pug dog with its hind end in the air and shoulders and forelegs on the ground. The dog is grey with a black muzzle and ears, has a curly tail, and is wearing a narrow brown collar.
- Subject
- households
- collectables
- animals, dogs
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0014
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- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- wood, metal
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0047
- Description
- A wooden box in the shape of a book, the cover of which is inlaid with a design of brass lines forming a border around the edge interspersed with quadrafoil shaped studs and an eight petalled flower form in the centre with a stud at each petal. This object may be hollow but seems unopenable.
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- Title
- Bric-A-Brac
- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- wood, metal
- Dimensions
- 13.0 x 3.0 cm
- Description
- A wooden box in the shape of a book, the cover of which is inlaid with a design of brass lines forming a border around the edge interspersed with quadrafoil shaped studs and an eight petalled flower form in the centre with a stud at each petal. This object may be hollow but seems unopenable.
- Subject
- households
- crafts
- carving
- collectables
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0047
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- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 109.03.0004 a,b
- Description
- Two round brass coins with square holes in middle; smooth, raised border around edges with raised frame around square hole, and textured background on rest of coin; one side, curvilinear script only on two sides of the square raised slightly above the background; other side square blocks of linear …
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- Title
- Coin
- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 0.1 x 2.1 cm
- Description
- Two round brass coins with square holes in middle; smooth, raised border around edges with raised frame around square hole, and textured background on rest of coin; one side, curvilinear script only on two sides of the square raised slightly above the background; other side square blocks of linear symbols on all four sides of hole and raised slightly, with the letters "CT" forming the lower part of the block to the right of the square hole.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 109.03.0004 a,b
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Coin & Currency Collection
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact109.03.0005
- Date
- 1894 – 1930
- Material
- metal; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 109.03.0005
- Description
- A collection of 34 foreign coins and 6 bills from around the world: coins:3 Canadian one cent (.2 x 2.6) - copper; 1899 - Queen Victoria, 1910 - Edward VII, 1916 - George V. U.S. one cent (.2 x 2.0) - copper; Lincoln head penny; 1910, 3a 1920, 1925, 2a 1928. U.S. ten cent (.1 x 1.9) - silver; Liber…
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- Title
- Coin & Currency Collection
- Date
- 1894 – 1930
- Material
- metal; paper
- Description
- A collection of 34 foreign coins and 6 bills from around the world: coins:3 Canadian one cent (.2 x 2.6) - copper; 1899 - Queen Victoria, 1910 - Edward VII, 1916 - George V. U.S. one cent (.2 x 2.0) - copper; Lincoln head penny; 1910, 3a 1920, 1925, 2a 1928. U.S. ten cent (.1 x 1.9) - silver; Liberty head dime; 1918. 1 Italian five centisimi (.2 x 2.0) - copper; Vittorio Emmanuele III; 1928. 6 Italian ten centisimi (.2 x 2.3) - copper; Vittorio Emanuele III: 2a 1921, 1923, 1924, 1929,1930. 4 Philipine one centavo (.2 x 2.5) - copper; U.S. shield and eagle; 2a 1926 2a 1928. 1 Settlement one cent (.2 x 2.8) - copper; Queen Victoria; 1885 (Note: very worn); 1 Indian one rupee (.2 x 3.2) - silver; Edward VII; 1906. 2 Ceylon ten cents (.1 x 1.6) - silver; 1894 - Queen Victoria (Note: very worn, 1920 - George V. Egyptian ten milliemes (.2 x 2.5) - silver; Arabic script with centre hole; 1917. 4 Japanese coins - (.2 x 2.4) - copper; three-blossomed floral symbol. Japanese coin (.2 x 2.3) - silver; imperial chrysanthemum and centre hole (.1 x 1.9) - silver, as above, but smaller. Chinese (?) coin (.1 x 1.9) - silver; bald, mustached man in uniform. Paper currency: 1 Canadian one dollar bill (17.8 x 8.5) - green both sides; George V portrait; 1923; serial number, "S-618038". 2 Ceylon one rupee bills (11.2 x 6.4) - green and pink one side, blue other; 1929; serial numbers, 41228, and 86550. 2 Chinese twenty cents bills (10.2 x 5.5) - brown one side, blue other; 1925; serial numbers C291825, and D192280. 1 Chinese ten cents bill (9.5 x 5.3) - blue one side, brown other; 1925; serial number E062033. 34 coins, 6 bills
- Subject
- Whyte home
- collectables
- travel
- souvenir
- keepsake
- memories
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 109.03.0005
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- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- metal, bronze
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0015
- Description
- A cast figure of a woman, wearing draped clothing, seated in a simple curved chair. The woman sits with her head resting on her left hand and her right arm hanging over the back of the chair holding a scroll. Her legs are crossed at knees and she is barefoot. The figurine has “Moreau” engraved.
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- Title
- Figurine
- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- metal, bronze
- Dimensions
- 27.0 (approx.) cm
- Description
- A cast figure of a woman, wearing draped clothing, seated in a simple curved chair. The woman sits with her head resting on her left hand and her right arm hanging over the back of the chair holding a scroll. Her legs are crossed at knees and she is barefoot. The figurine has “Moreau” engraved.
- Subject
- households
- collectables
- sculpture
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0015
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- Date
- 1900 – 1925
- Material
- ceramic, terracotta
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0050
- Description
- A terracotta figure of a barefoot girl, with a basket over her left arm, standing on a rock set on a round base. The front of the rock has “BOULOGNE -------” stamped into the terracotta.
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- Title
- Figurine
- Date
- 1900 – 1925
- Material
- ceramic, terracotta
- Dimensions
- 17.0 x 5.7 x 5.7 cm
- Description
- A terracotta figure of a barefoot girl, with a basket over her left arm, standing on a rock set on a round base. The front of the rock has “BOULOGNE -------” stamped into the terracotta.
- Subject
- households
- collectables
- souvenirs
- children
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0050
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- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- clay; glaze
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0019
- Description
- A tall cylindrical earthenware whiskey jug with a slightly flared base. The neck is in shape of a 'Toby' head wearing a large four cornered hat the same colour as the base. The loop handle sits on the shoulder of the jug. There is a cork in the neck that has a standing bear on top. The jug is m…
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- Title
- Jug
- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- clay; glaze
- Dimensions
- 26.0 cm
- Description
- A tall cylindrical earthenware whiskey jug with a slightly flared base. The neck is in shape of a 'Toby' head wearing a large four cornered hat the same colour as the base. The loop handle sits on the shoulder of the jug. There is a cork in the neck that has a standing bear on top. The jug is marked with “Royal Doulton Trademark” and “RD No. 436948”.
- Subject
- households
- collectables
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0019
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- Date
- 1890 – 1920
- Material
- glass
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0012
- Description
- Globular solid clear glass paperweight with 'flowers' of yellow, white and red floating in the centre and seen magnified through the paperweight (millefiori technique).
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- Title
- Paperweight
- Date
- 1890 – 1920
- Material
- glass
- Dimensions
- 4.0 x 4.0 cm
- Description
- Globular solid clear glass paperweight with 'flowers' of yellow, white and red floating in the centre and seen magnified through the paperweight (millefiori technique).
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0012
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- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- glass; paper; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0013
- Description
- A very flat rectangular solid glass clear paperweight with slightly curved faces. A black and white photograph of churches, which is attached with a leather backing to the bottom of the weight, can be seen through the thickness of the glass. The photo is marked “Churches, Hanover & Union St. Manch…
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- Title
- Paperweight
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- glass; paper; skin
- Dimensions
- 2.5 x 6.2 x 10.5 cm
- Description
- A very flat rectangular solid glass clear paperweight with slightly curved faces. A black and white photograph of churches, which is attached with a leather backing to the bottom of the weight, can be seen through the thickness of the glass. The photo is marked “Churches, Hanover & Union St. Manchester, N.H.”
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0013
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