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KNIFE, BUTTER

https://collections.galtmuseum.com/link/artifact8809
Material Type
Artifact
Other Name
K
Date Range From
1940
Date Range To
1950
Materials
SILVER
Catalogue Number
P19970041060
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Material Type
Artifact
Other Name
K
Date Range From
1940
Date Range To
1950
Materials
SILVER
No. Pieces
1
Height
1
Length
17
Width
2.2
Description
SILVER PLATED KNIFE HAS WIDE BLADE AND CUTLERY STYLE HANDLE. KNIFE HAS NO SHARP EDGE. HANDLE HAS THREE LAYERED DECORATION RUNNING FROM BOLSTER TO BUTT. AT BUTT THE DECORATION TURNS INTO A FLEUR-DE-LIS STYLE SYMBOL WITH LONG FLOWING FILLETS THAT CROSS OVER. RAISED ON BACK IS "VESTA SILVER PLATE". KNIFE IS TARNISHED.
Subjects
FOOD SERVICE T&E
Historical Association
DOMESTIC
History
BUTTER KNIFE WAS HOUSEHOLD ITEM OF THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY WHILE IN COALDALE. REV. G.G. NAKAYAMA AND HIS FAMILY MOVED TO COALDALE IN 1945 AFTER BEING RELOCATED FROM VANCOUVER IN 1942 TO SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. AT COALDALE HE FOUNDED THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION WHERE HE WAS RECTOR FROM 1945 TO 1970. SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.
Catalogue Number
P19970041060
Acquisition Date
1997-01
Collection
Museum
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