PLATTER
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- OVAL PLATTER
- Date Range From
- 1910
- Date Range To
- 1970
- Materials
- SILVER PLATE
- Catalogue Number
- P20100027003
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- OVAL PLATTER
- Date Range From
- 1910
- Date Range To
- 1970
- Materials
- SILVER PLATE
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 2.0
- Length
- 23.4
- Width
- 16.3
- Description
- PLATTER, SILVERPLATE, OVAL SHAPED. DEPRESSION IN CENTRE OF PLATTER, EDGE IS RAISED WITH A ROUNDED LIP. TOP EDGE OF PLATTER IS MARKED, "CPR" IN CURSIVE. BACK OF PLATTER STAMPED, "8960... ELKINGTON PLATE, S" IMPRESSION IS WORN FROM USE. TARNISHED AND SCRATCHED THROUGHOUT.
- Subjects
- FOOD SERVICE T&E
- Historical Association
- COMMEMORATIVE
- TRANSPORTATION
- History
- ACCORDING TO FRED GREEN, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE CANADIAN PACIFIC (CP), THE PLATTER 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 PLATTER WAS USED FOR MISCELLANEOUS TABLE SERVICE. IT IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE STYLE OF SILVERWARE COMMONLY USED ON THE CANADIAN PACIFIC DINING CARS AS EARLY AS 1910. ACCORDING TO THE "S" STAMP ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PLATTER, IT WAS MANUFACTURED IN 1929 (SEE HTTP://WWW.SILVERCOLLECTION.IT/ELKINGTON.HTML). SEE P20100027001 FOR MORE INFORMATION. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION.
- Catalogue Number
- P20100027003
- Acquisition Date
- 2010-08
- Collection
- Museum
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