DRAWING

Description: WHITE PAPER WITH SKETCHES OF THREE DESIGNED PLATES AND ONE DESIGNED CUP. TEXT READS, "NO. 2 WESTERN OPEN PATTERN..." ALONG WITH HANDWRITTEN DESCRIPTIONS OF PLATE DESIGNS.

History: SKETCHED DISHWARE PATTERN DESIGNS WERE CREATED BY THE DONOR'S GRANDFATHER, E. F. HAGELL. THE COMMISSIONED DESIGNS WERE APPLIED TO MEDALTA DISHWARE, WHICH WAS USED IN STOCKMAN'S INN RESTAURANT IN LETHBRIDGE. THE INN OPENED MARCH 31, 1951, AND WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE LATE ROBERT "BOB" DOGTEROM. THERE WERE TWO DISHWARE THEMES: A MOUNTAIN TRAIL AND CATTLE COUNTRY, BOTH OF WHICH CONSISTED OF ANIMALS AND DESIGNS. EACH SET ALSO INCLUDED A BABY PLATE AND CUP WITH A LAMB AS A MOTIF. THE VINEGAR SET HAD A MINIATURE JUG WHICH WAS 4 INCHES HIGH. MEDALTA STOPPED PRODUCTION OF THE DISHWARE BECAUSE THE COLOURS (ORANGE AND BROWN) WERE UNSUCCESSFUL, AS THEY TURNED OUT EITHER ORANGE OR BROWN INSTEAD OF THE COMBINATION OF BOTH THAT WAS DESIRED. FOR MORE INFORMATION, SEE RELATED DISHWARE DONATIONS P19960053042-50 AND P19960053133-136, AS WELL AS P20070012001. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS, INCLUDING THE VARIOUS DONATIONS PERTAINING TO EDWARD FREDERICK HAGELL. SEE RECORD P19960053001 FOR AN EXTENDED BIOGRAPHY OF THE ARTIST; SEE PERMANENT FILES P19960053001, P20040009001, P20060027001, P20070008001, AND P20070012001 FOR NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, DETAILS ON PAST GALT DIRECTOR/CURATOR WILMA WOOD'S BOOK ON THE ARTIST, AND CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE HAGELL FAMILY.