BOWL, SOUP

Description: CERAMIC SOUP BOWL. LIGHT BEIGE FINISH WITH BROWN STRIPE ALONG RIM. BROWN IMAGE AT EACH COMPASS POINT ON LIP OF BOWL; INCLUDES (CLOCKWISE): HARNESS, REINS AND SPURS; CROSSED BRANDING IRONS; COWBOY BOOTS AND LARIAT; AND CROSSED BRANDING IRONS. CENTRE OF BOWL HAS LARGE IMAGE OF BULL FEEDING. REVERSE OF BOWL HAS WHITE GLAZE; STAMPED "REG'D DESIGN CATTLE COUNTRY CANADIAN WESTERN ART SPECIALTIES BY MEDALTA CANADA". ONE SMALL CHIP ON BOTTOM, NEAR OUTER EDGE.

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.