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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1880
- Date Range To
- 1890
- Materials
- GLASS
- Catalogue Number
- P19940046001
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1880
- Date Range To
- 1890
- Materials
- GLASS
- No. Pieces
- 2
- Height
- 18
- Length
- 9.5
- Width
- 9.3
- Description
- RECTANGULAR GLASS CONTAINER WITH LID. CONTAINER HAS RAISED LION'S HEADS AT BASE CORNERS. BETWEEN EACH HEAD ARE TWO RAISED CIRCLES WITH INDENTED CENTERS. CORNERS ARE ROUNDED AND SMOOTH. LID IS TERRACED PYRAMID SHAPE WITH SCALLOPED EDGE ALONG BOTTOM. HANDLE IS DOUBLE LION'S HEADS FACING OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS. GLASS IN ONE CORNER OF BOTTOM EDGE OF LID IS CHIPPED.
- Subjects
- FOOD SERVICE T&E
- Historical Association
- DOMESTIC
- History
- BELONGED TO DONOR'S MOTHER AND WERE GIVEN TO HER MOTHER AS ANNIVERSARY GIFTS. DONOR'S PARENTS MARRIED IN MINNESOTA BEFORE MOVING TO LETHBRIDGE AROUND THE TURN OF THE CENTURY. NOTE FROM DONOR ACCOMPANIED ARTIFACT WHICH DATED THE GLASSWARE TO 1884 FROM "GRANDMOTHER CAPPIS". FOR MORE FAMILY HISTORY SEE ARTIFACT PERMANENT RECORD.
- Catalogue Number
- P19940046001
- Acquisition Date
- 1994-06
- Collection
- Museum
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