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 (CLOCKWISE): "HOTEL WALES CALGARY" IN ROPE SCRIPT; A RECTANGLE WITH AN ARROW THROUGH LENGTH; "FD9" AND "S". CENTRE OF PLATE HAS COWBOY ON REARING HORSE. REVERSE OF PLATE HAS WHITE GLAZE; STAMPED "REGISTERED DESIGN HOTEL WALES CALGARY MEDALTA". TWO SMALL CHIPS NEAR OUTER BORDER OF BOTTOM.

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.