MORTAR & PESTLE
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- ????
- Materials
- BLACKCAST IRON
- Catalogue Number
- P19880008002
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- ????
- Materials
- BLACKCAST IRON
- No. Pieces
- 2
- Description
- 10.0 (H) X 11.0 (D) CM MORTAR, PESTLE 19 (L) X 40 (W) X (40 (D) CM. PESTLE CHIPPED AT TOP. MORTAR CAST IN 2 PCES & WELDED. INTERIOR PITTED.
- Subjects
- CHEMICAL T&E
- Historical Association
- DOMESTIC
- History
- UNKNOWN MANUFACTURE. PURCHASED IN EASTERN CANADA BY ASHLEY WHEELER. DECEASED HUSBAND OF MARGARET WHEELER. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF MILITARY OBJECTS, INCLUDING THOSE DONATED BY MARGARET WHEELER. DONOR MARGARET WHEELER WAS BORN TO ALBERT AND ETTA IVES, AND WAS THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF PROMINENT LETHBRIDGE CITIZENS WILLIAM AND MARGARET HENDERSON. SHE MARRIED WILLIAM ASHLEY WHEELER OF SHERBROOKE, QUEBEC ON JULY 11, 1936. MARGARET WAS A GALT MUSEUM ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBER AND CITY OF LETHBRIDGE ARCHIVES VOLUNTEER AND ASHLEY SPENT HIS CAREER WITH THE BANK OF MONTREAL. ASHLEY DIED IN LETHBRIDGE ON FEBRUARY 21, 1972, AND MARGARET ON JANUARY 5, 1988. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR HARDCOPIES OF OBITUARIES AND INFORMATION ON FAMILY HISTORY.
- Catalogue Number
- P19880008002
- Acquisition Date
- 1988-01
- Collection
- Museum
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