PITCHER

Description: SET CONSISTS OF 4 PITCHERS OF VARIOUS SIZE., EACH IS COPPER, OR COPPER & BRASS .1 12.7 CM HT., 8 CM DIA. (BASE). TWO DENTS. "1/2 PINT" ON BRASS PLATE ON FRONT. "PER CO." ON INSIDE LIP & LITTLE CROWN. SUBSTANTIAL OXIDATION AROUND LIP. PORTIONS ARE COVERED WITH LEAD SOLDER. .2 17.8 CM HT. 15.2 CM. DIA. DENTED. CROWN WITH "PER CO" ON INSIDE LIP. "QUART" ALSO ON INSIDE LIP. MORE CORROSION AND OXIDATION. .3 20.6 CM HT., 12.9 CM DIA. DENTED. CROWN WITH "PER CO" ON INSIDE LIP. .4 23.2 CM HT., 18.4 CM DIA. 1/2 GALLON. CROWN WITH "PER CO" ON INSIDE LIP. ALL PIECES HAVE CURVED HANDLES AND ROUNDED LIPS FOR POURING.

History: USED IN A DISTILLERY IN SCOTLAND. DONOR'S FAMILY, JOHN & JANET DUFF BROUGHT SET WITH THEM WHEN THEY IMMIGRATED TO CANADA IN 1885. AS A RESULT OF RESEARCH DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH A SCOTTISH-THEMED EXHIBIT IN 2009, THE GALT CONDUCTED NEW INFORMATION ON THE DUFF FAMILY, ADDING THE FOLLOWING TO THE RECORD. OBJECTS WERE BROUGHT TO CANADA BY THE FAMILY OF JOHN AND JANET DUFF. IN 1885, THE DUFFS LEFT SCOTLAND AND CAME DIRECTLY TO THE LETHBRIDGE, BECOMING ONE OF THE AREA’S FIRST PIONEER FAMILIES. JOHN DUFF RAN 250 TO 400 HEAD OF CATTLE ON LAND ON THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE LETHBRIDGE TOWN SITE. IN THE EARLY 1900S, THE HOMESTEAD WAS ANNEXED BY THE TOWN AND FOR DECADES THE FORMER FAMILY LANDS WERE KNOWN AS THE “DUFF ADDITION”. THE FAMILY INCLUDED THREE DAUGHTERS AND FOUR SONS. THE DONOR, ISABEL STARNES (NEE DUFF), WAS MARRIED TO G.H. STARNES AND WAS THE LAST SURVIVING MEMBER OF THE ORIGINAL FAMILY, PASSING AWAY IN 1971. FOR OTHER DUFF FAMILY-REALTED MATERIALS, SEE DONATIONS BY BLENNER-HASSETT, JACK WEBSTER, MARY AND ISABEL STARNES. FOR MORE BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION, PLEASE REFERENCE THE PERMANENT FILE OF DONATION P19662224001