PLATE, DINNER

Description: CERAMIC DINNER PLATE; LIGHT BEIGE FINISH WITH BROWN STRIPE ALONG RIM. BROWN IMAGE AT EACH COMPASS POINT ON LIP OF PLATE; INCLUDES TWO IMAGES OF TWO CROSSED BRANDING IRONS; A PAIR OF COWBOY BOOTS WITH A LARIAT; AND A HARNESS, LARIAT AND SPURS. AT CENTRE OF PLATE IS LARGE IMAGE OF SEVERAL BRANDING IRONS IN FIRE PIT. REVERSE OF PLATE STAMPED "REG'D. DESIGN CATTLE COUNTRY CANADIAN WESTERN ART SPECIALITIES BY MEDALTA CANADA". REVERSE HAS WHITE GLAZE. SEE ALSO CONDITION REPORT ON FILE.

History: DESIGN BY DONORS' FATHER, E.F. HAGELL. THE DISHWARE WAS DESIGNED BY HAGELL FOR THE STOCKMAN'S INN WHICH OPENED MARCH 31, 1951. THERE WERE TWO "PATTERNS"--MOUNTAIN TRAIL AND CATTLE COUNTRY WITH THEIR SPECIFIC ANIMALS AND DESIGNS. EACH SET ALSO INCLUDED A BABY PLATE AND CUP WITH A LAMB AS A MOTIF. THE VINEGAR SET HAD A MINIATURE JUG 4" HIGH. MEDALTA STOPPED PRODUCTION OF THE DISHWARE BECAUSE THE COLORS (ORANGE AND BROWN) WERE UNSUCCESSFUL--EITHER TURNING OUT ORANGE OR BROWN INSTEAD OF A COMBINATION. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS, INCLUDING THE VARIOUS DONATIONS PERTAINING TO EDWARD FREDERICK HAGELL. SEE RECORD P19960053001 FOR AN EXTENDED BIOGRAPHY OF THE ARTIST; SEE PERMANENT FILES P19960053001, P20040009001, P20060027001, P20070008001, AND P20070012001 FOR NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, DETAILS ON PAST GALT DIRECTOR/CURATOR WILMA WOOD'S BOOK ON THE ARTIST, AND CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE HAGELL FAMILY.