TRAY
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- ORNAMENTAL TRAY
- Date Range From
- 1960
- Date Range To
- 1970
- Materials
- GLASS, LEATHER
- Catalogue Number
- P20010042000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- ORNAMENTAL TRAY
- Date Range From
- 1960
- Date Range To
- 1970
- Materials
- GLASS, LEATHER
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 4.3
- Length
- 29.5
- Width
- 29.5
- Description
- TRAY HAS A MULTICOLORED TOP SURFACE, WITH THE PREDOMINATE COLORS BEING RED, GREEN, PURPLE / BLUE, AND GOLD. THE SHAPE OF THE COLORS IS SLIGHTLY REPETITIVE, AND COULD BE BEST DESCRIBED AS LOOKING LIKE FLAMES. THE BOTTOM OF THE TRAY IS GOLD, AND IS MADE OUT OF LEATHER. ON THE BACK THERE IS A RED STAMP THAT HAS THE TEXT "TO CLEAN WIPE ONLY WITH DAMP CLOTH. SEETUSEE GLASSWARE BY MAYFAIR PORTAGE LA PRAIRE CANADA. GENUINE LEATHER BACK".
- Subjects
- HOUSEHOLD ACCESSORY
- Historical Association
- DECORATIVE ARTS
- History
- THE DONOR RECEIVED THIS AS A GIFT DURING HER WEDDING IN 1969. KEPT IT ON DISPLAY IN HER HOUSE. IT ORIGINALLY BELONGED TO THE DONORS FATHER IN LAW (ROBERT JAMES OLIVER BROWN) WHO WAS FROM SCOTLAND. THE DONOR AND HUSBAND CAME TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1969 FROM SASKATCHEWAN. THE FATHER IN LAW WAS A BUTCHER TRAINED IN SCOTLAND WHO CAME TO CANADA IN THE 1950'S AND WORKED AS A FEDERAL MEAT INSPECTOR. HE LIVED IN MOOSE JAW DURING THE WAR AND WAS AN RAF PILOT. THE DONORS PARENTS CAME FROM ENGLAND IN THE 1920'S (MET ON THE SHIP EN ROUTE). LIVED IN SOUTHERN MANITOBA AND LATER MOVED TO FARM IN SASKATCHEWAN.
- Catalogue Number
- P20010042000
- Acquisition Date
- 2001-10
- Collection
- Museum
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