PINCUSHION

Description: FRENCH IVORY (CELLULOSE NITRATE) BASE WITH FABRIC COVERED PADDED TOP C/W 6 STEEL PINS, 5 SEWING NEEDLES. INTERIOR LINED WITH CLOTH CONTAINS 9 ASST'D CLASP PINS, 1 THIMBLE, 4 BROOCHES & 1 "LETHBRIDGE PIN". ENGRAVED ON BOTTOM "FRENCH IVORY" & "MADE IN ENGLAND". INTERIOR LINED WITH GREEN SATIN.

History: ARTIFACTS FROM ESTATE OF LAURIE DAVIS. SEE P19900017001-GA FOR HISTORY & PIONEER PEMMICAN CLUB ROUNDUP 1885-1985 FOR ADDITIONAL FAMILY HISTORY. PART OF 5 ITEM SET WHICH INCLUDES MANICURE SCISSORS, PIN CUSHION, PICTURE FRAME, & HAND MIRROR. FRENCH IVORY IS A TRADE NAME FOR ARITIFICAL IVORY, AN EARLY PLASTIC MATERIAL. COMMON IN THE 1920'S. SOURCE: EATON'S CATALOG 1927 *UPDATE* DURING A 2018 COLLECTIONS AUDIT, CONDUCTED BY COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK, THE DONOR'S OBITUARY WAS NOTED IN THE PERMANENT FILE. IT STATES: "DR. STUART GEORGE DAVIS OF EDMONTON, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY JULY 30, 2005 AT THE AGE OF 88 YEARS. HE WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS BELOVED WIFE NONA (TURNER) FROM BARONS, ALBERTA IN NOVEMBER 1994. STUART IS SURVIVED BY HIS SON RONALD OF DEEP RIVER, ONTARIO. STUART WAS BORN IN LETHBRIDGE. [AFTER HIS EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF EDMONTON, MCGILL, AND OXFORD], HE RETURNED TO EDMONTON UNIVERSITY AS A PROFESSOR IN THE CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT." PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR HARD COPY. *UPDATE* IN 2019, COLLECTIONS INTERN KIRSTAN SCHAMUHN CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF PERSONAL ARTIFACTS. CONTACT WAS MADE WITH NEXT-OF-KIN, BUT NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS DISCOVERED. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE P19900017001 FOR MORE INFORMATION INCLUDING COPIES OF ARTICLES REGARDING THE FAMILY HISTORY.