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OPENER, BOTTLE

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Material Type
Artifact
Other Name
MILK JAR OPENER
Date Range From
1890
Date Range To
1900
Materials
STAINLESS STEEL
Catalogue Number
P19980031002
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Material Type
Artifact
Other Name
MILK JAR OPENER
Date Range From
1890
Date Range To
1900
Materials
STAINLESS STEEL
No. Pieces
1
Height
0.2
Length
12.1
Width
2.4
Description
STAINLESS STEEL MILK BOTTLE OPENER EMBOSSED ON THE HANDLE "BUDD REED LETHBRIDGE". ITEM HAS A POINTED END ATTACHED TO A NARROW SHAFT THAT HAS A LOOP-SHAPED HANDLE W/ EMBOSSING ON ONE SIDE, AND HAS AN ORNATE DESIGN ON THE OTHER SIDE. SURFACE ALSO STAMPED WITH OTHER MARKINGS, SUCH AS PAT. #.
Subjects
FOOD PROCESSING T&E
Historical Association
DOMESTIC
History
DONOR'S GRANDFATHER WAS GEORGE HERBERT WATSON WHO CAME FROM SCARBOUROUGH, ENGLAND IN THE 1890'S, AND FIRST SETTLED IN LETHBRIDGE REGION. FAMILY MOVED TO KELOWNA, BC IN 1919 & OPERATED WATSON ORCHARD LTD. TO 1980. WHILE IN LETH. G.H. WATSON WAS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BUDD REED IN A DAIRY.
Catalogue Number
P19980031002
Acquisition Date
1998-04
Collection
Museum
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