CUP, MUSTACHE
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- TEACUP AND SAUCER (SET)
- Date Range From
- 1910
- Date Range To
- 1920
- Materials
- PORCELAIN
- Catalogue Number
- P19940026007
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- TEACUP AND SAUCER (SET)
- Date Range From
- 1910
- Date Range To
- 1920
- Materials
- PORCELAIN
- No. Pieces
- 2
- Description
- 1. TEACUP: 9.2CM (D) X 6.2CM (H). FLUTED CUP WITH SCALLOPED RIM, AND MOUSTACHE PROTECTOR. NAVY BLUE HANDLE AND BORDER DESIGNS WITH GOLD HIGHLIGHTS, AND PINK, GREEN, RED, AND BLUE FLORAL DESIGN AROUND BODY. 2. SAUCER: 16CM X 2.7CM (H). MATCHING SAUCER, WITH SIMILAR NAVY BORDER AND FLORAL DESIGN. SCALLOPED EDGE.
- Subjects
- FOOD SERVICE T&E
- Historical Association
- DOMESTIC
- 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.
- Catalogue Number
- P19940026007
- Acquisition Date
- 1994-08
- Collection
- Museum
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