Material Type

Artifact

Date

1910

Materials

CHERRY WOOD, BRASS, SILVER

No. Pieces

1

Height

90.2

Diameter

1.6

Description

CHERRY WOOD WITH SILVER MOUNTING. BRASS FITTING ON THE BOTTOM. SILVER BAND ON STEM HAS "A.W.J." INSCRIBED ON IT. STAMPED RIGHT ABOVE THIS IS A SERIES OF HALLMARKS. SILVER HANDLE CAP HAS THREE HALLMARKS ALSO. THERE IS INDISTINCT WORDING ABOVE THESE SYMBOLS. CAP IS CRACKED TARNISHED AND DENTED. WOOD IS CHIPPED AND SCRATCHED. CONSERVATION REPORT ON FILE.

Subjects

PERSONAL GEAR

Historical Association

PERSONAL CARE

History

DONOR'S FATHER WAS BORN IN 1876 IN LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND. CAME TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1910 AND GOT A JOB AS A BAKER AT MODERN BAKERY. HE DIED 1925. DONOR WAS ALSO A BAKER WHO STARTED IN 1929 AT MCGAVINS BAKERY. HE RETIRED IN OCTOBER OF 1976.

Catalogue Number

P19800073000

Acquisition Date

1979-01

Collection

Museum

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