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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
n.d.
Material
wood;
Catalogue Number
107.02.0076
Description
A small wooden canoe made of Hawaiian koa wood. Oval depression carved into centre. Four sets of two holes at sides of depression. Stamped on the base is “HAWAIIAN KOA TRADER HALL’S P.o. Box 155 HONOLULU 10, HAWAII”
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Title
Miniature Canoe
Date
n.d.
Material
wood;
Dimensions
5.5 x 4.5 x 35.5 cm
Description
A small wooden canoe made of Hawaiian koa wood. Oval depression carved into centre. Four sets of two holes at sides of depression. Stamped on the base is “HAWAIIAN KOA TRADER HALL’S P.o. Box 155 HONOLULU 10, HAWAII”
Subject
Whyte home
carving
woodwork
souvenir
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
107.02.0076
Images
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