BOWL, SUGAR

Description: SUGAR BOWL, SILVER PLATED. TWO CURVED HANDLES OPPOSITE ONE ANOTHER ATTACHED TO BODY VIA SEMI-CONICAL BASES. BODY IS FAIRLY CYLINDRICAL AND FLAIRS OUT AT BOTTOM AND TOP. LID ATTACHED TO BODY WITH HINGE. BODY MARKED, "CPR" IN CURSIVE. BASE STAMPED, "28039, ELKINGTON PLATE, A.T. WILEY & CO LD, MONTREAL, A." TARNISHED AND DENTED INTERMITTENTLY. SCRATCHED THROUGHOUT. WHITE RESIDUE (POSSIBLY SILVER POLISH) AROUND INDENTS IN BASE AND TOP, HANDLES AND BOTTOM OF BOWL. SUGAR REMNANTS INSIDE BOWL.

History: ACCORDING TO FRED GREEN, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE CANADIAN PACIFIC (CP), THE SUGAR BOWL 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 SUGAR BOWL WAS USED FOR TABLE SERVICE OF GRANULATED OR CUBED SUGAR. IT IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE STYLE OF SILVERWARE COMMONLY USED ON THE CANADIAN PACIFIC DINING CARS AS EARLY AS 1910. ACCORDING TO THE "A" STAMP ON THE BOTTOM OF THE BOWL, IT WAS MANUFACTURED IN 1912 (SEE HTTP://WWW.SILVERCOLLECTION.IT/ELKINGTON.HTML). SEE P20100027001 FOR MORE INFORMATION. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION.