- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- glass; hair; shell; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0049 a-f
- Description
- Six piece vanity set, consisting of (a) sterling silver handled brush with bristles (b) tortoiseshell comb with sterling silver spine (c) sterling silver & glass hand mirror, (d) sterling silver shoehorn (e) sterling silver shoe or boot hook and (f) unidentified, long, flat, round-ended sterling…
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- Title
- Dresser Set
- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- glass; hair; shell; metal
- Dimensions
- 12.5 x 31.3 cm
- Description
- Six piece vanity set, consisting of (a) sterling silver handled brush with bristles (b) tortoiseshell comb with sterling silver spine (c) sterling silver & glass hand mirror, (d) sterling silver shoehorn (e) sterling silver shoe or boot hook and (f) unidentified, long, flat, round-ended sterling silver bar. Latter two items are included in set but not actually same manufacturer. First four items (brush,comb,mirror, shoehorn) all monogrammed "CR" in elaborate garland oval and have notched swirled decorative edge trims. Of latter two items, boot hook is monogrammed "CR" vertically on handle as well as "L" hallmark, "Sterling" and "1613" stamped on handle. Bar is engraved printing "C.R" and also has stamped hallmark with "T" surrounding lion figure as well as "Sterling 55". First four monogrammed items stamped "Sterling" with tri-X hatchet hallmark, as well as "5900 C3".
- Subject
- households
- CR
- CRW wedding
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0049 a-f
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