Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

PERFUME BOTTLE

Date Range From

1890

Date Range To

1900

Materials

BRASS, CERAMIC

No. Pieces

1

Height

7.3

Length

3.3

Width

1.8

Description

CERAMIC BOTTLE WITH BRASS HINGED TOP & STOPPER, CHAIN & RING. PENDANT OR PEAR SHAPED HAND PAINTED GLAZE. SYMBOLIC FIGURES ON EACH FACE, MIDDLE PORTION PROTECTED BY GLAZE. BRASS TOP IS ORNAMENTED. INTERIOR OF BOTTLE HAS DRIED LINER. SLIGHT CORROSION ON BRASS. LID CRACKED ABOVE HINGE.

Subjects

TOILET ARTICLE

Historical Association

PERSONAL CARE

History

DONOR STATES BOTTLE BELONGED TO BARONESS BURDETT-COUTTS & GIVEN TO DONOR'S GRANDMOTHER, ELLA GLAYZER WHO WAS NURSEMAID TO BURDETT-COUTTS CHILDREN. GIVEN AS A GIFT WHEN SHE CAME TO CANADA IN 1903. D. 1936 IN LETHBRIDGE. GRANDFATHER WORKED FOR ELLIOTT GALT IN COAL MINES IN LETHBRIDGE. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ UPDATE: RESEARCH INTO BOTTLE RENEWED IN FEBRUARY 2012 DUE TO ITS USE IN THE MUSEUM’S ANNUAL FACT OR FICTION PROGRAM. DONOR’S DAUGHTER JUDITH MCILWRAITH WAS LOCATED IN ANCASTER, ONTARIO AND QUESTIONED OVER THE PHONE AS PART OF THE RESEARCH EFFORT. ON 8 MARCH 2012, JUDITH RESPONDED TO THE GALT BY EMAIL TO STATE, “SORRY I CAN'T SHED MUCH MORE LIGHT ON THE PERFUME BOTTLE. MY SISTERS KNOW NOTHING ABOUT IT AND ALL I RECALL IS THAT IT WAS GIVEN TO SOMEONE IN MY MOTHER'S FAMILY COULD EVEN HAVE BEEN IN ENGLAND. ALSO SOMETHING ABOUT SOMEONE BEING A COMPANION, WHETHER TO THE BARONESS OR NOT I DO NOT KNOW.” SHE COULD NOT PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SPECIFICS OR CLARIFICATIONS RE. THE GLAYZER FAMILY’S 1903 LETHBRIDGE SETTLEMENT NOR RECOMMEND ANY OTHER SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY WHO WERE IN A POSITION TO DO SO. FOR OBITUARIES RELATED TO THE DONOR AND TO IMMIGRANTS ELLA AND JOSEPH GLAYZER, PLEASE SEE THE PERMANENT FILE. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF PERSONAL ARTIFACTS, INCLUDING THIS ARTIFACT. RESEARCH CONDUCTED TO PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE DONOR AND THIS DONATION WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.

Catalogue Number

P19900012000

Acquisition Date

1990-03

Collection

Museum

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