COFFEEPOT

Description: COFFEEPOT, SILVERPLATE, 1/2 PINT VOLUME. LONG CURVED SPOUT, CURVED OPENING COMES TO A POINT. CURVED HANDLE IS ATTACHED TO BODY OF POT BY TWO SEMI-CONICAL BASES. BODY OF POT IS OBLONG AND FLARES OUT AT TOP AND BOTTOM. LID HAS SMALL AIR HOLE AND CIRCULAR HANDLE, IS ATTACHED TO POT BY A HINGE. FRONT OF POT MARKED "CPR" IN CURSIVE. BOTTOM OF POT STAMPED "E21, 15167... ELKINGTON PLATE... A.T. WILEY CO LD, MONTREAL... I." SCRATCHED AND TARNISHED THROUGHOUT. INTERMITTENT SMALL DENTS. COFFEE STAINS/RESIDUE ON INSIDE OF POT.

History: ACCORDING TO FRED GREEN, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE CANADIAN PACIFIC (CP), THE COFFEEPOT WAS DONATED TO THE GALT IN ORDER TO CELEBRATE THE 125TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DRIVING OF THE LAST SPIKE. THE ANNIVERSARY OCCURRED ON NOVEMBER 7, 2010 AND COMMEMORATED THE "COMPLETION OF CANADA'S FIRST TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD AND A NEW CHAPTER IN [CANADA'S] HISTORY." THE COFFEEPOT WAS USED FOR INDIVIDUAL SERVICE OF COFFEE. IT IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE STYLE OF SILVERWARE COMMONLY USED ON THE CANADIAN PACIFIC DINING CARS AS EARLY AS 1910. ACCORDING TO THE "I" STAMP ON THE BOTTOM OF THE POT, IT WAS MANUFACTURED IN 1920 (SEE HTTP://WWW.SILVERCOLLECTION.IT/ELKINGTON.HTML). SEE P20100027001 FOR MORE INFORMATION. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION.