DISH, SERVING
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- BAKER - MEDALTA
- Date Range From
- 1930
- Date Range To
- 1970
- Materials
- STONEWARE
- Catalogue Number
- P20100027011
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- BAKER - MEDALTA
- Date Range From
- 1930
- Date Range To
- 1970
- Materials
- STONEWARE
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 3.4
- Length
- 14.1
- Width
- 10.4
- Description
- SERVING DISH, STONEWARE, OVAL-SHAPED. INSIDE IS WHITE, OUTSIDE IS GLAZED IN FOREST GREEN. BOTTOM MARKED, "2, MADE BY MEDALTA, 52, CANADA, VITRIFIED, CANADIAN PACIFIC" IN BLACK.
- 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 AS A SERVING DISH FOR ENTREES IN THE CPR STATION RESTAURANTS AS EARLY AS THE 1930S. SEE P20100027001 FOR MORE INFORMATION. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION.
- Catalogue Number
- P20100027011
- Acquisition Date
- 2010-08
- Collection
- Museum
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