Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

HANGING CANDLE LAMP

Date

1972

Materials

CERAMIC, COPPER

No. Pieces

3

Height

15.3

Diameter

13.1

Description

CERAMIC HOLDER, APPROXIMATELY BELL SHAPED WITH NUMEROUS HOLES AROUND CIRCUMFERENCE OF WALL & OPEN TOP. GLAZED FINISH. CANDLE IN BASE. INCLUDES COPPER WELDING ROD USED AS A HANGER. COPPER ROD IS DETACHABLE FROM CERAMIC BELL. (89.5 CM LONG).

Subjects

LIGHTING DEVICE

Historical Association

DECORATIVE ARTS

History

HANDMADE BY JOHN IKEDA OF STUDIO ONE CERAMICS (SEE ATTACHED RECIEPT) & PURCHASED BY DONOR IN 1972. IKEDA IS A WELL KNOWN LETHBRIDGE ARTISAN WHO MOVED IN LATE '70'S TO EASTERN CANADA TO CONTINUE HIS WORK. NARRATIVE BELOW SOLICITED FROM RUTH LISKA IN EARLY 2010 WHEN THIS ARTIFACT WAS EXHIBITED AS PART OF THE GALT’S TREASURES & CURIOSITIES DISPLAY. THE NARRATIVE BECAME THE BASIS FOR THE ARTIFACT’S LABEL COPY IN THE EXHIBIT. *** MY BROTHER JOHN IKEDA IS THE ARTISAN OF THIS PIECE OF ART. AFTER GRADUATING FROM THE U OF L IN FINE ARTS, JOHN HAD A STUDIO, “STUDIO ONE”, WHERE HE CREATED AND SOLD HIS ART. THE PREMIER OF ONTARIO TOOK A PIECE TO FRANCE AS A DIGNITARY GIFT. IN THE LATE 70’S HE MOVED TO ST. BERNADIN, ONTARIO, WHERE HE SET UP HIS STUDIO. HE STILL RESIDES AT THIS LOCATION, CREATING BEAUTIFUL PORCELAIN WORKS OF ART, BEAUTIFULLY GLAZED. *** *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A COLLECTION AUDIT, WHICH INCLUDED ARTIFACTS DONATED BY CORA HASTINGS. RESEARCH CONDUCTED AS PART OF THE AUDIT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL IN IDENTIFYING THE DONOR'S NEXT-OF-KIN. ATTACHED TO THE ARTIFACT'S PERMANENT FILE IS THE OBITUARY OF HASTINGS. IT READS: "CORA JEWELL HASTINGS DIED IN LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA ON JANUARY 30, 2011. BORN IN MERCER, PENNSYLVANIA, ON DECEMBER 7TH, 1925, CORA IMMIGRATED TO CANADA IN 1967 TO ACCEPT A POSITION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE. SHW WAS THE FOUNDING COORDINATOR OF THE FACULTY OF EDUCATION CURRICULUM LABORATORY LOCATED IN THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY. SHE RETIRED FROM THE FACULTY OF EDUCATION IN 1984." FOR FULL OBITUARY, PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE.

Catalogue Number

P19910018000

Acquisition Date

1991-04

Collection

Museum

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