Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1910

Date Range To

1920

Materials

PORCELAIN

No. Pieces

1

Height

3.7

Diameter

23.2

Description

BEIGE PORCELAIN SOUP PLATE. SLIGHTLY SCALLOPED EDGE WITH EMBOSSED VINE PATTERN. BURGUNDY TRIM WITH BURGUNDY, GREEN AND BLUE FLORAL AND LEAF PATTERN ON CONCAVE SIDES OF PLATE. THIN CRACK RUNS FROM CENTRE TO EDGE, WITH TWO SLIGHT CRACKS NEAR BORDER. SMUDGE OF BURGUNDY PAINT ON BOTTOM; NO MAKER'S MARK. FINE CRACKING IN ENAMEL THROUGHOUT.

Subjects

FOOD SERVICE T&E

Historical Association

DOMESTIC

History

DATE PROVIDED BY DONOR. SEE P19950067001-GA FOR DONOR HISTORY. DOUKHOBOR ARTIFACT. *UPDATE* IN 2010 NICOLE HEMBROFF, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT, CONTACTED ELSIE MORRIS NEE KONKIN (WHO DONATED THE ARTIFACTS ON BEHALF OF HER MOTHER) IN ORDER TO OBTAIN MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE HISTROY OF THE OBJECTS AND THEIR CONNECTION TO THE DOUKHOBORS OF SOUTHERN ALBERTA. SEE BELOW. ACCORDING TO MORRIS, THE PLATE ORIGINALLY BELONGED TO DASHA KALMAKOVA (SISTER OF ELIZABETH [NOHORNOFF] WISHLOW). THE PLATE WAS ONLY USED FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS LIKE SUNDAY DINNER. ON SUNDAYS, DOUKHOBORS WHO LIVED OFF THE COLONY WOULD COME TO THEIR RELATIVES’ HOUSE FOR DINNER. A TYPICAL SUNDAY DINNER WOULD CONSIST OF BORSCHT (BEET SOUP), PIROHI (ROUND BREAD DOUGH FILLED WITH POTATOES, PEAS OR CHEESE AND BAKED AT HIGH HEAT) MADE BY THE LADIES OF THE HOUSE HOLD THE DAY BEFORE, FRESH BREAD AND ATVAR (A FRESH FRUIT COMPOTE MADE OF PRUNES, APRICOTS OR PEACHES). IN 1985 ELSIE MORRIS COMPILED A SELECTION OF PRAIRIE RECIPES, INCLUDING SOME FROM HER CHILDHOOD GROWING UP IN A DOUKHOBOR COMMUNITY. THE BOOK WAS ENTITLED "PRAIRIE COOKING: PAST AND PRESENT" AND IT IS AVAILABLE AT THE LETHBRIDGE PUBLIC LIBRARY. FOR MORE INFORMATION AND SOME COPIES OF FAMILY RECIPES SEE PERMANENT FILE. *UPDATE* IN 2017 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT RUTHANN LABLANCE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF CLOTHING, INCLUDING AN APRON DONATED BY ELIZABETH KONKIN. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WAS COMPILED USING ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. ELIZABETH KONKIN AKA ELSIE MORRIS IS THE DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM KONKIN AND ELIZABETH P. KONKIN (NEE WISHLOW). ELSIE WAS MARRIED TO TERRANCE GORDON “TERRY” MORRIS. TERRY PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 88 ON OCTOBER 25, 2012. WILLIAM KONKIN PASSED AWAY MARCH 3, 1977 AT THE AGE OF 72. ELIZABETH KONKIN (NEE WISHLOW) WAS BORN IN CANORA, SK ON JANUARY 22, 1907, THE DAUGHTER OF PETER AND ELIZABETH WISHLOW (MAIDEN NAME UNKNOWN). AT THE AGE OF 6 SHE MOVED WITH HER FAMILY TO A DOUKHOBOR SETTLEMENT AT BRILLIANT, BC, THEN LATER HER FAMILY MOVED TO A DOUKHOBOR SETTLEMENT AT SHOULDICE, AB. IT WAS HERE THAT SHE MET AND MARRIED WILLIAM KONKIN. IN 1939, THE COUPLE MOVED TO THE VAUXHALL AREA TO FARM UNTIL THEIR RETIREMENT, AFTER WHICH THEY MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE. ELIZABETH PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 93 ON APRIL 8, 2000. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR COPIES OF THE ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. THE KONKINS WERE A RUSSIAN-SPEAKING FAMILY FROM THE TOWN OF SHOULDICE, ALBERTA, NEAR CALGARY. THEY AND MANY OTHER RUSSIAN FAMILIES COMPOSED THAT TOWN'S DOUKHOBOR COLONY. IN 2016, COLLECTIONS TECHNICIAN KEVIN MACLEAN CONDUCTED FROM A TWO-PART INTERVIEW WITH KONKIN'S DAUGHTER, ELSIE MORRIS. A FULL HISTORY OF THE KONKIN FAMILY WAS CREATED USING THAT INTERVIEW AND CAN BE FOUND WITH THE RECORD P20160003002.

Catalogue Number

P19950067015

Acquisition Date

1995-10

Collection

Museum

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