BOWL, FRUIT

Description: SHAPED LIKE A BASKET. 1. BASE - ROUND, GOLD PAINTED METAL. TWO GOLD METAL RODS EXTEND UP FROM THE BASE TO FORM A LARGE OVAL SHAPE. HALFWAY UP THE HANDLE, ON BOTH SIDES, THE RODS ARE TWISTED TOGETHER FOUR TIMES. AT THE TOP OF THE HANDLE IS A GOLD BERRY WITH TWO LEAVES - ONE IS TWISTED AROUND HANDLE, THE OTHER LIES FLAT. "45-B" IS WRITTEN ON THE BASE IN BLACK FELT MARKER. 2. BOWL - A TRANSLUCENT, BLUE, GLASS BOWL SITS IN THE BASE. THERE ARE FAINT WHITE FLOWERS ON THE GLASS' SURFACE. THE EDGE OF THE BOWL IS WAVY AND SCALLOPED. THE FLAT BOTTOM OF THE BOWL HAS BEEN BROKEN AWAY.

History: CAME WITH A PIECE OF PAPER THAT IDENTIFIED IT AS A FRUIT DISH FROM MRS. ED MCKENZIE, DATING 1906. ELIZABETH MCKENZIE (NEE MUNROE) CAME TO LETHBRIDGE FROM PICTOU COUNTY, NEAR WESTFIELD NOVA SCOTIA. HERE SHE MET ED MCKENZIE AND THEY MARRIED IN 1888. IN 1890 THEY HOMESTEADED JUST SOUTH OF PRESENT DAY HARDIEVILLE, WHERE THEY RAN A DAIRY. THEY MOVED TO KIPP COULEE IN 1897, SOUTH OF STIRLING. THEY MOVED TO THE AREA PRESENTLY KNOWN AS TABER IN 1902. LATER THEY OPERATED A STORE IN LETHBRIDGE ON 9TH AVENUE NORTH. THEY WENT BACK TO DAIRYING, AND THEN FINALLY TOOK UP FARMING SOUTHEAST OF TOWN. IN 1924 THEY MOVED INTO TOWN TO SEMI-RETIRE. ED PASSED AWAY IN 1958, AND ELIZABETH IN 1937