Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

OVAL BAKER

Date Range From

1910

Date Range To

1970

Materials

SILVERPLATE

No. Pieces

1

Height

3.5

Length

17.7

Width

12.5

Description

SERVING DISH, SILVERPLATE, OVAL SHAPED. RIM OF DISH IS STEPPED WITH ROUNDED EDGES. OUTSIDE OF DISH MARKED, "CPR" IN CURSIVE, LETTERS ARE WORN. BOTTOM OF DISH STAMED, "13780... ELKINGTON PLATE, A.T. WILEY & CO LD, MONTREAL, Z." SCRATCHED AND TARNISHED THROUGHOUT.

Subjects

FOOD SERVICE T&E

Historical Association

COMMEMORATIVE

TRANSPORTATION

History

ACCORDING TO FRED GREEN, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE CANADIAN PACIFIC (CP), THE BAKER 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 BAKER WAS USED FOR SERVING ENTREES. IT IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE STYLE OF SILVERWARE COMMONLY USED ON THE CANADIAN PACIFIC DINING CARS AS EARLY AS 1910. ACCORDING TO THE "Z" STAMP ON THE BOTTOM OF THE BAKER, IT WAS MANUFACTURED IN 1911 (SEE HTTP://WWW.SILVERCOLLECTION.IT/ELKINGTON.HTML). SEE P20100027001 FOR MORE INFORMATION. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION.

Catalogue Number

P20100027004

Acquisition Date

2010-08

Collection

Museum

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