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Date
1925 – 1970
Material
wood; metal
Catalogue Number
104.20.0581
Description
A small wooden bowl lined with silver, and a silver collar around its foot, lathe turned wood with flaring lip, straight sides, and sharp shoulder leading to circular foot. Very thin silver has been pressed in to line interior and folded over the lip, leaving creases along the inner upright sides o…
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Title
Bowl
Date
1925 – 1970
Material
wood; metal
Dimensions
4.2 x 9.1 cm
Description
A small wooden bowl lined with silver, and a silver collar around its foot, lathe turned wood with flaring lip, straight sides, and sharp shoulder leading to circular foot. Very thin silver has been pressed in to line interior and folded over the lip, leaving creases along the inner upright sides of the bowl. Collar which fits around foot is thin silver ring with a single row of gadrooming at bottom supporting a series of tiny silver robed figures standing around its circumference. Turning spiral can be seen on bottom of foot.
Subject
Whyte home
travel
collectable
households
decorative
souvenir
Nepal
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0581
Images
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Household Thermometer

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Date
1925
Material
metal; glass
Catalogue Number
104.30.1001
Description
Gold coloured metal thermometer in shape of a door key. The top has a round disc 2.8 dia. with an embossed picture of the "Bow Valley" and "Banff Springs Hotel" on one side and "Lake Louise" on the other. This is framed with an open clover design. The shaft has a Fahrenheit thermometer with a "k…
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Title
Household Thermometer
Date
1925
Material
metal; glass
Dimensions
7.0 x 22.0 cm
Description
Gold coloured metal thermometer in shape of a door key. The top has a round disc 2.8 dia. with an embossed picture of the "Bow Valley" and "Banff Springs Hotel" on one side and "Lake Louise" on the other. This is framed with an open clover design. The shaft has a Fahrenheit thermometer with a "key" shape on the end. Embossed on back of the key is "Pat. Aug. 25. 1925"
Subject
households
souvenir
Credit
Gift of Cyril Paris, Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
104.30.1001
Images
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This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
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