MUTCH

Description: 1. MUTCH: 28CM X 16.5CM (D) STEEL MUTCH. BASE IS CIRCULAR WITH THREE LARGE LION'S PAW FEET. MOUNTED AT CENTER OF BASE IS STEEL SHAFT WITH TWO SMOOTH TORUS AND SCOTIA. TOP OF SHAFT HAS HEXAGONAL SPIKE. MOUNTED AT RIGHT ANGLE ACROSS SHAFT IS ROUNDED STEEL TUBE. TUBE HAS RAISED TORUS AT END. 2. NOTE:27.8CM X 21.3CM WHITE PIECE OF PAPER WITH NOTE HAND WRITTEN IN INK. NOTE IS ON THE BACK OF LETTERHEAD OF "INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS". LETTERHEAD HAS RIBBON WITH "I.O.O.F." INSIDE IT WITH AN AX AT EACH END. UNDER RIBBON IS OPEN EYE WITH THREE LINKS OF A CHAIN. UNDER LETTERHEAD IS "UNITED LODGE, N0. 415" AND INSTITUTED "MAY 9TH, 1910". IN TOP LEFT CORNER IS "94 VAUGHAN ROAD (AT ST. CLAIR AVENUE)" AND IN TOP RIGHT CORNER IS "TORONTO 10, ONTARIO". ON BACK OF SHEET IS HAND WRITTEN MATERIAL IN BLUE INK WHICH READS "TOM, THIS IS A MUTCH MADE BY ROBERT FORBES MY GREAT GRANDFATHER WHICH IS YOUR GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER THIS WAS MADE BY HIM. YOU PLACE A HOT POKER IN THE OPENING AND PLACE THE LACE BONNET OVER THE SMOOTH ROUND PIECE. THIS IRONS THE DAINTY LACE THAT THEY USED ON THE BONNETS KNOWN AS A MUTCH. WE PRESUME THIS ANTIQUE WAS MADE AROUND 1800.". TO LEFT OF THIS IS "409 MELROSE TOR. 1 E PHONE 9819483". PAPER HAS BEEN FOLDED AND IS DIRTY ALONG CREASES.

History: MUTCH WAS DONATED BY THE SALVATION ARMY WHICH RECEIVED IT AS A DONATION. ONLY THE NOTE RECORDED ABOVE IS ANY INDICATION OF ITS HISTORY. "THIS IS A MUTCH MADE BY ROBERT FORBES. THIS WAS MADE BY HIM. YOU PLACE A HOT POKER IN THE OPENING AND PLACE THE LACE BONNET OVER THE SMOOTH ROUND PIECE. THIS IRONS THE DAINTY LACE THAT THEY USED ON THE BONNETS KNOWN AS A MUTCH. WE PRESUME THIS ANTIQUE WAS MADE AROUND 1800."