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Miniature, Ironmonger Shop

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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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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.
Subject
households
Edith Morse Robb
Edward S. Morse
figure
male
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0264
Images
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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.
Subject
households
Edith Morse Robb
figure
female
Japanese
Edward S. Morse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0412
Images
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
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