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Date
1850 – 1920
Material
ceramics;
Catalogue Number
102.04.0600
Description
Small round deep-sided decorative ceramic dish with blue and gilded gold stripes around the rim and a picture of a portly bald man wearing purple pants and a green coat with one hand raised in a room with a table, chairs, and windows behind him - printed at the bottom is “MR PICKWICK” and “BANFF” h…
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Title
Dish
Date
1850 – 1920
Material
ceramics;
Dimensions
4.0 cm
Description
Small round deep-sided decorative ceramic dish with blue and gilded gold stripes around the rim and a picture of a portly bald man wearing purple pants and a green coat with one hand raised in a room with a table, chairs, and windows behind him - printed at the bottom is “MR PICKWICK” and “BANFF” has been written above that in gold ink. A makers mark is stamped on the bottom - online research shows this image was a popular motif with Grimwades in the mid-1900s as Mr Pickwick was the main character of Charles Dickens’ first novel, “The Pickwick Papers.”
Subject
Charles Dickens
souvenir
household wares
literature
Credit
Gift of Bill Mather, Edmonton, 1991
Catalogue Number
102.04.0600
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Date
1920 – 1960
Material
wood;
Catalogue Number
102.04.0602 a,b
Description
Two small wooden picture frames - one black-painted oval with decorated filigrees around the edges and one brown rectangle carved to resemble logs with decorative leaves throughout and a beaver in profile on the top.
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Title
Picture Frame
Date
1920 – 1960
Material
wood;
Dimensions
0.7 x 16.1 x 12.1 cm
Description
Two small wooden picture frames - one black-painted oval with decorated filigrees around the edges and one brown rectangle carved to resemble logs with decorative leaves throughout and a beaver in profile on the top.
Subject
household wares
decorations
wood carvings;
Credit
Gift of Bill Mather, Edmonton, 1991
Catalogue Number
102.04.0602 a,b
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Date
1920 – 1960
Material
porcelain;
Catalogue Number
104.20.1300
Description
Plain white oval serving plate with a raised rim. No maker’s mark.
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Title
Plate
Date
1920 – 1960
Material
porcelain;
Dimensions
2.7 x 30.4 x 24.0 cm
Description
Plain white oval serving plate with a raised rim. No maker’s mark.
Subject
kitchen utensils
food preparation
household wares;
Credit
Gift of Bill Mather, Edmonton, 1991
Catalogue Number
104.20.1300
Images
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