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Miniature Fan Collection
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- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- paper; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0299 a-i
- Description
- Eight small souvenir paper fans with thin bamboo handles. Red is most dominant colour on all fans. Fans (a-f) are palmate in shape while (g-i) are smaller and circular. All five have a little mirror placed upper left center, and a blue and yellow fan motif at the base where handle meets paper. (a) …
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- Title
- Miniature Fan Collection
- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- paper; wood
- Dimensions
- 14.5 cm
- Description
- Eight small souvenir paper fans with thin bamboo handles. Red is most dominant colour on all fans. Fans (a-f) are palmate in shape while (g-i) are smaller and circular. All five have a little mirror placed upper left center, and a blue and yellow fan motif at the base where handle meets paper. (a) image of Japanese woman, bottom left, in 3/4 profile facing right, Japanese male, upper right, faces woman. Small mirror makes up one side of a suspended box. Both figures have bright red lips. (b) Male figure bottom left, looks upwards towards figure of Japanese woman, upper left. Mirror in shape of full moon in background is partially hidden by midground post bearing Japanese calligraphy. (c) Two Japanese males in 3/4 profile facing each other, dressed in official looking clothing. Both are mustached. Mirror appears as one side of street lantern in background. (d) Image of Japanese woman, upper right, looking left toward male who wields a fan in his right hand, the mirror is a part of fan. (e) image of two Japanese women bottom left, faces in 3/4 profile, man wearing helmet upper right. Half moon shaped mirror upper left. (f) Japanese woman lower left, in 3/4 profile. Man in upper right looking down. Mirror in upper left corner in shape of lantern. (g) Small round fan with scene painted on both sides. One side, similar to (a-d) shows male Japanese figure looking right toward female figure, upperight. Small mirror hangs on stand, upper right center. On reverse is red circle with blue, white, and purple cloud like background above yellow fan shape. . Green calligraphy, left center, framed by three consecutive frames. (h) small round fan with scene painted on both sides. On front is similar design to (b) with male figure looking up towards female figure. Round mirror. Same design on back as (g). (i) small round fan with small square mirror and man in lower left corner looking up at woman.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0299 a-i
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0264
- Description
- Porcelain dish with gold, red, green over glaze enamels. Design of man with broom and keg of sake on the inside of bowl. Trimmed foot, cobalt border design.
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- Title
- Sauce Dish
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 2.7 x 6.5 cm
- Description
- Porcelain dish with gold, red, green over glaze enamels. Design of man with broom and keg of sake on the inside of bowl. Trimmed foot, cobalt border design.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0264
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0265
- Description
- Porcelain with cobalt slip, transparent over glaze. 2 men and donkey. Trimmed foot, signed on bottom.
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- Title
- Teacup
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 4.3 x 6.2 cm
- Description
- Porcelain with cobalt slip, transparent over glaze. 2 men and donkey. Trimmed foot, signed on bottom.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0265
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Decorative Bowl
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- Date
- 1870 – 1935
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0385
- Description
- Possibly transparent white as well as red and cobalt blue applied for initial firing, followed by green over glaze enamel and re-fired and finally gold lustre and black slip added and fired. Interesting piece. Design of two floral panels and man with child on exterior. Signed on base, numbers an…
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- Title
- Decorative Bowl
- Date
- 1870 – 1935
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 5.0 x 9.5 cm
- Description
- Possibly transparent white as well as red and cobalt blue applied for initial firing, followed by green over glaze enamel and re-fired and finally gold lustre and black slip added and fired. Interesting piece. Design of two floral panels and man with child on exterior. Signed on base, numbers and letters scratched on base as well.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0385
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0412
- Description
- Shallow footed bowl. Deep ridged foot which is lacquered in red inside. Bowl exterior is varnished wood, bowl interior red lacquer with silver, gold and black decoration of three woman carrying twig bundles overhead. Extensive hairline cracking apparently caused by wood warpage.
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- Title
- Sauce Dish
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 4.7 x 11.8 x 12.4 cm
- Description
- Shallow footed bowl. Deep ridged foot which is lacquered in red inside. Bowl exterior is varnished wood, bowl interior red lacquer with silver, gold and black decoration of three woman carrying twig bundles overhead. Extensive hairline cracking apparently caused by wood warpage.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0412
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- Date
- 1890 – 1940
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0588 a-l
- Description
- 12 bowls, round bottomed. plain interior with ornate exterior incised designs which all vary slightly in details.(a-c) contain two figures, dancing with left leg raised, alternating with bird decoration. (d-f) contain three figures, dancing with left leg raised, alternating with bird decoration.(g…
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- Title
- Bowl Collection
- Date
- 1890 – 1940
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 5.5 x 11.3 cm
- Description
- 12 bowls, round bottomed. plain interior with ornate exterior incised designs which all vary slightly in details.(a-c) contain two figures, dancing with left leg raised, alternating with bird decoration. (d-f) contain three figures, dancing with left leg raised, alternating with bird decoration.(g,h) contain two figures, running or dancing with right leg forward, alternating with bird decoration. (i) contains four figures with alternating left and right hands raised. (j) contains four dancing figures, each alternating with single bird. (k)contains eight birds. (l) contains three dancing figures, both arms raised, alternating with bird decoration.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0588 a-l
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Miniature Notions Shop
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.02.0112
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- Wood; Fibre; Paper; Ceramic; Metal
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0112
- Description
- Japanese notions shop, fully furnished, wooden base 3.7 high forms floor of shop. Display area centre of floor 13.0x13.6x18.7, removable wooden wings, 12.0x3.0x0.5, on each side of the display shelf. Left removable wing has a replaced hook. Brass wire attached to top and sides of display shelf mo…
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- Title
- Miniature Notions Shop
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- Wood; Fibre; Paper; Ceramic; Metal
- Dimensions
- 22.0 x 21.0 x 33.2 cm
- Description
- Japanese notions shop, fully furnished, wooden base 3.7 high forms floor of shop. Display area centre of floor 13.0x13.6x18.7, removable wooden wings, 12.0x3.0x0.5, on each side of the display shelf. Left removable wing has a replaced hook. Brass wire attached to top and sides of display shelf modelled after the bamboo poles on which skeins of cotton threads, jute rope, flax thread are hung. Teenage shopkeeper girl sitting on her feet, her hands on her lap with right hand shaped to hold something. Items for sale: 14 bales of cotton battings from Oume region manufactured, or distributed, by Yamato-ya (House of Yamato), all specially high quality. On the right wing: silver Obi-jime (Obijime a decorative and very tightly woven tough and thick silk tie belt), tightly tied around the waist, over Obi, (decorative sash). 3 pairs of silk tying strings for Haoli, windbreaker. On the left wing Haoli tying strings (3) and Obi-jime.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0112
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Miniature, Ironmonger Shop
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.02.0114
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- wood; fibre; paper; ceramic; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0114
- Description
- Japanese ironmonger shop, fully furnished. Wooden base 3.2 high forms floor, display area centre of floor, 19.0 x 16.5 x 10.6. 3 horizontal poles attached to both sides of the display shelf. Display area has green covered steps, black wall with items hung on it, small wooden shelf for more display…
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- Title
- Miniature, Ironmonger Shop
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- wood; fibre; paper; ceramic; metal
- Dimensions
- 23.0 x 21.3 x 33.2 cm
- Description
- Japanese ironmonger shop, fully furnished. Wooden base 3.2 high forms floor, display area centre of floor, 19.0 x 16.5 x 10.6. 3 horizontal poles attached to both sides of the display shelf. Display area has green covered steps, black wall with items hung on it, small wooden shelf for more display. Shopkeeper, man dressed in brown grey kimono, brown apron, yellow fabric stuffed in front, is kneeling on the floor. Head is partly shaved with along top knot. Fine china face and hands, hands on lap. Items for sale: various kinds of cooking knives, scissors, teapots, cauldrons, rice cookers, basins, hoes, scythes, altar pieces for buddhism and shintoism worship, cooking stoves, fish broiling metal wire grills, shovels.
- Subject
- households
- miniatures
- business
- figure
- male
- religious
- Japanese
- Edward S. Morse
- Edith Morse Robb
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0114
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Miniature, Basketry Shop
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.02.0115
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- wood; grass; fibre; ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0115
- Description
- Japanese basket shop, fully furnished. Base which forms floor of shop is 33.3x21.4x3.0, woven mat floor is an off white colour. Shop walls are bamboo rails and woven bamboo, 18.0x28.0x8.3. The sun shade is supported by 4 vertical bamboo poles. Shopkeeper middle aged man, top of head shaven with re…
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- Title
- Miniature, Basketry Shop
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- wood; grass; fibre; ceramic
- Description
- Japanese basket shop, fully furnished. Base which forms floor of shop is 33.3x21.4x3.0, woven mat floor is an off white colour. Shop walls are bamboo rails and woven bamboo, 18.0x28.0x8.3. The sun shade is supported by 4 vertical bamboo poles. Shopkeeper middle aged man, top of head shaven with rest of hair pulled back into a topknot, "5 o'clock shadow". Dark kimono, woven plaid belt. He is sitting on the floor, yoga position, open hands, extended. Items for sale: 1 big woven chicken coop, 2 medium sized chicken coops, 1 big woven basket with one end open for chaffiing, 1 medium sized flat sparrow coop, 3 smaller flat sparrow coops, several carrying baskets, sieves of various gratings, various wooden dustpans, 1 fish basket, 3 hand brushes, scrub brushes. The shopkeeper was probably a basket weaver as well.
- Subject
- households
- miniatures
- business
- figure
- male
- animal
- bird
- chicken
- sparrow
- Japanese
- Edward S. Morse
- Edith Morse Robb
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0115
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Insect Vendor Shop
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.02.0116
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- paper; wood; fibre; ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0116
- Description
- Japanese insect vendor, fully furnished. Platform, 23.0x9.8x5.0, is black painted wood covered with black grit paper. Checkerboard patterned paper covers frame shop, 21.5x22.0x7.0. Hinged panels on both sides, 15.3x3.3. Front facing panels have wooden lattice work, same paper pattern. Shopkeeper, t…
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- Title
- Insect Vendor Shop
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- paper; wood; fibre; ceramic
- Description
- Japanese insect vendor, fully furnished. Platform, 23.0x9.8x5.0, is black painted wood covered with black grit paper. Checkerboard patterned paper covers frame shop, 21.5x22.0x7.0. Hinged panels on both sides, 15.3x3.3. Front facing panels have wooden lattice work, same paper pattern. Shopkeeper, teenage girl, is sitting in centre of shop. She has a patterned kimono with red in pattern and lining, wearing blue thongs, hair piled high with a red tie dyed scarf, china face. Open mouth show white teeth, china hands. Many and varied insect boxes displayed, very finely crafted, all secured to framework. The black boxes are for displaying fireflies. The shopkeeper is also secured to the display. (see file for partial list of insects).
- Subject
- households
- miniatures
- business
- figure
- female
- insects
- Japanese
- Edward S. Morse
- Edith Morse Robb
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0116
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