CUP, COFFEE
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1970
- Date Range To
- 1980
- Materials
- CERAMIC
- Catalogue Number
- P19980076000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1970
- Date Range To
- 1980
- Materials
- CERAMIC
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 12.5
- Length
- 10.8
- Diameter
- 7.3
- Description
- CERAMIC MUG WITH PEDESTAL BASE AND RECTANGULAR HANDLE. OUTER SURFACE FINISHED WITH MATTE BLACK GLAZE; INTERIOR HAS FROSTED WHITE GLAZE. NO MARKINGS.
- Subjects
- FOOD SERVICE T&E
- History
- DONOR WORKED AS A CERAMICS ENGINEER AT SUNBURST POTTERY PLANT IN LETHBRIDGE FROM 1972-1975. WHEN PLANT CLOSED, A GROUP OF EMPLOYEES INCLUDING DONOR BEGAN A NEW OPERATION CALLED CERAMALTA, WHICH OPERATED 6 WEEKS BEFORE FORCED CLOSURE. CUP IS A PRODUCT OF CERAMALTA, WITH A UNIQUE DESIGN AND GLAZE. DONOR WENT BY TITLE CERAMICS ENGINEER BUT CAME FROM ENGLAND TO CANADA AS A GLAZE CHEMIST. FOR MORE HISTORY ON SUNBURST COMPANY OPERATION, SEE P19960004001-GA AND PERMANENT FILE. UPDATE: ON 20 JULY 2021, RUTH KERELIUK, NIECE OF FORMER SUNBURST PLANT MANAGER JOHN POOLE, REACHED OUT TO GALT STAFF TO SHARE BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON HER LATE UNCLE. THAT INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON FILE AS PART OF THIS DONATION’S FILE.
- Catalogue Number
- P19980076000
- Acquisition Date
- 1999-07
- Collection
- Museum
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