Résultats

      A cup and saucer, dated c. 1790, with a blue willow pattern and a gold edge. This cup was made without a handle. The pair is also called a tea bowl and saucer. It is believed that this item was in use, before or during the time of the War …

      This small desk is over two hundred years old. It shows the fine artistry of craftsmen in the early days of Upper Canada (Ontario). It was given to Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe, a British Officer sent to Canada to assist the settlement of a great influx of citizens loyal …

      Source: Onondaga Nation

      Silver Masonic medallion engraved to Abraham Genung, St. John's Lodge No. 22, 1798. The medal said to have been found in St. Mark's Churchyard in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Obverse inscribed with letters surrounding a central figure; the reverse inscribed: "Abrm. Genung, St. John's Lodge No. 22 [2?], 5798."

      A facsimile of an illustration said to show the location of the original Freemasons' Hall, on King Street, Newark (Niagara), near the River, 1791, standing between Public House and house of D.W. Smith, Surveyor-General, as interpreted by J. Ross Robertson. Text below reads: "In an old MS recording the proceedings …

      Official No.: BRITISH; Final Date: Dec 1799; 1799, December Wrecked, Lake Ontario; Final Location: Devil's Nose near Pultneyville, New York, Lake Ontario, Wrecked in storm

      Official No.: BRITISH; Final Date: 8 Oct 1804; 1804, October 8 Foundered with all hands off Presque Isle, Ontario, Lake Ontario; Final Location: Off Presque Isle, Ontario, Lake Ontario, Foundered; Foundered in blizzard & gale while en route with principals in a murder trial & a number of British V.I.P.s …

      Other Names: SMITH, SIR SIDNEY;MAGNET; Final Date: 5 Aug 1814; 1793 Launched. 1812, Nov 11 Sank after damaged on shoal being chased by the enemy, Kingston, ONT. 1813, Mar Evaluated & altered by British for war service; renamed SIR SIDNEY SMITH; 12 guns. 1813, May 29 Took part in battle …

      Official No.: BRITISH; Final Date: 1811; 1811, Sep Manned with 6 guns. 1811 or 1812, Summer Stranded.; Original Owner: British Government; Final Location: Gibraltar Point, near York, ONT. Lake Ontario., Stranded.; Possibly 1812; stranded on rocky reef.

      Dimensions (LBD): 50' x 21.5' x 7.2'

     

      Official No.: BRITISH; 1793 Aground at York(Toronto); released. 1797 Damaged in storm; comdemned Kingston, ONT.; Original Owner: British Government

      Final Date: 1803; 1798 - 99 Carried limestone for first Toronto lighthouse. 1803 Beyond repair.

      Other Names: BEAR; 1797 Condemned.; Original Owner: British Navy