KEG
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- ICE-WATER KEG C/W STAND
- Date Range From
- 1920
- Date Range To
- 1930
- Materials
- METAL, CERAMIC
- Catalogue Number
- P19920012000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- ICE-WATER KEG C/W STAND
- Date Range From
- 1920
- Date Range To
- 1930
- Materials
- METAL, CERAMIC
- No. Pieces
- 4
- Height
- 118.0
- Diameter
- 28.2
- Description
- GLAZED CERAMIC KEG MARKED "5 IMPERIAL" & "ICEWATER MEDALTA MEDICINE HAT, ALTA". C/W 4 LEG GREEN STEEL STAND. KEG HAS LID WITH "5" STAMPED ON HANDLE THAT IS MISSING WIRE. BUNG HOLE AT BASE C/W SPIGOT, CERAMIC CATCH BASIN & CHROME PLATED TUBING. RED LABEL ON STAND: "ROGERS WESTERN CANADIAN LIMITED". STAND IS SCRATCHED AND RUSTED. SEE CONSERVATION REPORT.
- Subjects
- FOOD SERVICE T&E
- CONTAINER
- Historical Association
- AGRICULTURE
- History
- DONOR BOUGHT AT ANTIQUE STORE, "VINTAGE HOUSE" IN VERNON B.C. IN 1979 FOR $80 (SEE ATTACHED RECEIPT). MADE BETWEEN 1920-1930 AT MEDALTA POTTERY WORKS IN MEDICINE HAT AB. A COMMON ITEM IN RURAL OR COUNTRY SCHOOLS & FARMS, FOR FIELD WORKERS. PRODUCTION OF ICE WATER KEGS CEASED IN 1950'S. SOURCE: MEDALTA STONEWARE & POTTERY FOR COLLECTORS & MED. HAT MUSEUM. STAND MADE IN WINNIPEG.
- Catalogue Number
- P19920012000
- Acquisition Date
- 1992-03
- Collection
- Museum
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