BOWL

Description: 1. BOWL: 13.4CM (D) X 6.2CM (H). WHITE PORCELAIN BOWL, WITH THREE BALL FEET. PASTEL PINK, GREEN AND BLUE FLORAL AND GEOMETRIC PATTERN ALONG TOP 3.5CM INSIDE RIM. GOLD COLORED HIGHLIGHTS, RIM, AND OUTSIDES OF FEET. LAUREL LEAF MARK ON BOTTOM, WITH "HAND PAINTED NIPPON". 2. SAUCER: 15.8CM (D) X 2CM (H). MATCHING SAUCER. PATTERN IDENTICAL TO THAT OF CUP, BUT EXTENDS IN ONLY 2CM FROM BORDER. 3. LADLE: 12.5CM (L) X 4.6CM (D). MATCHING LADLE. PATTERN IDENTICAL TO SET. LAUREL LEAF MARK ON BOTTOM, WITH "HAND PAINTED NIPPON". CURVED HANDLE PAINTED GOLD AT TIP; SLIGHTLY YELLOWED.

History: BELONGED TO DONOR'S FAMILY. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF BOXED TEXTILES AND ACCESSORIES, INCLUDING A BELT BUCKLE DONATED BY AGNES BAINES (NEE GIBSON). LETHBRIDGE HERALD RESEARCH INDICATES THAT BAINES WAS BORN ON 20 JANUARY 1912 IN CARSTAIRS, ALBERTA. HER SIBLINGS WERE MILDRED BOS, JEAN MORGAN (D. 2000 IN EDMONTON, AB), ROBERT GIBSON, AND A BROTHER WHO PASSED AWAY AS AN INFANT. SHE MARRIED AL BAINES ON 31 DECEMBER 1941. BAINES’ OBITUARY STATES THAT THE COUPLE RESIDED IN LETHBRIDGE FROM 1945 ONWARDS. SHE PASSED AWAY ON 3 AUGUST 1999 AT THE AGE OF 87 YEARS. HER HUSBAND, AL BAINES, WAS BORN IN LUNDBRECK, ALBERTA IN 1909. ACCORDING TO LETHBRIDGE HERALD RESEARCH, HIS FATHER CAME TO THE AREA IN 1903 TO PUT A NEW RAIL LINE OVER THE FRANK SLIDE IN THE CROWSNEST PASS, ALBERTA. RESEARCH CONDUCTED TO LOCATE THE DONOR’S NEXT OF KIN WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION, INCLUDING LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLES.