Résultats

      A still bank made of wood and glass painted with black decorative lines. Each side has a paper insert. One is headed “Plan for Working this Bank” and has spaces in which to fill the amounts saved. A second panel reads “Store Your Child’s Minds Bible Knowledge” and is signed ...

      A low pine work table with two planks on the top with tongue-and-groove join. There are braces at either end which are nailed against the end skirts. The tapered legs are square sided with bevelled corners. The table is of mortise and tenon construction with four pegs joining the legs ...

      A set of three green Windsor chairs used by the Joseph Stauffer Snyder family in Bloomingdale, Waterloo County, Ontario. The back spindles are turned, with beads or spool rungs, and join into a back rail that arches from spindle to spindle.

      A brown glazed, red earthenware pie plate with the characteristic cherry motif of the William Eby pottery in Conestogo, Ontario.

      It is a flowerpot with integral saucer. It is spattered with a brown slip over a carmel-coloured slip and a transparent overglaze. Inside the flowerpot is covered with caramel slip to a depth of approximately 8 cm, but this does not have the brown spatter slip or glaze. Two small ...

      A dark brown highchair with tapered back spindles and arm rests, and a rounded seat. There are four stretchers and the legs are splayed and tapered at the bottom. It is stained or varnished in the dark brown colour.

      A fragment of a quilt top in the "Chimney Sweep" pattern. Most squares are done with a central X of white background with small blue, black or floral motif, surrounded by an outline of pink background floral prints. This order is reversed in two corner blocks which may indicate that ...

      A pieced quilt of printed cottons in the "Star Puzzle" pattern with a sawtooth border. Most individual squares were pieced by machine but joined together by hand using a backstitch. Most squares and two opposite borders are of red and white striped cotton and a purple floral cotton. Three squares ...

      A hand-painted tea plate with grape and floral patterned border and a large central floral pattern. The pattern is coloured in burgundy, bright green, red, yellow and blue. There are no manufacturer's marks on the plate.

      Dishes in the Flow Blue Willow pattern. There are a cup and saucer (1982.015.015), a sugar bowl (1982.015.021), a saucer (1982.015.009), two plates (1982.015.012 and .013) and a soup bowl (1982.015.020). The pieces are marked as follows: The cup and saucer are marked "Walmer, E.H. [EardlyHammerly] -- 1862-6, Staffordshire, England." ...

      A Windsor-style rocking chair with arrowback spindles. It appears that the original finsh has been stripped and the top section of the backrest has been cut off.

      A man's pocket watch in a gold hunter's case. The maker's name on the watch face is "Elgin Natl. Watch Co." The serial number 482322 is stamped inside the lid. The hour numerals are Roman numerals; the second-hand dial has Arabic numerals. The front and back of the case are ...

      A jacquard coverlet or bedspread of the tied doublecloth variety with an all-cotton warp and dark blue wool pattern weft. It has a central medallion of an eight-point star surrounded by a larger star ringed by flowers and leaves. The medallion sits in a field of triangles all pointing toward ...

      A cherrywood desk with heart motif on the lid into which is inlaid "Moses Eby 1817." The inlaid design work consists of stars, geometrical borders and hearts, which are probably maple and walnut. The name/date inlay appears to be a putty-like substance packed into a grooved outline of the letters ...

      A pine blanket chest with red and black stained finish. It was also varnished. Printed on the inside of the lid is "Tobias Eby / S.88.101.13 / Elma." There is moulding on the two sides and front of the lid. A small storage compartment is located inside the chest on ...

      A brooch made of two lengths of brown mesh and yarn cords. It has brass caps and a metal frame. It is a woven design sewn to a thin metal frame with brown thread. The metal frame dips together in the centre and is round at both ends. There are ...

      A black brooch with an enamelled finish and a floral design. The main portion under the enamel is plastic? There are five blooms on the plant. All but one has a small clear (glass?) stone lodged into it's middle. There is a stem and two leaves also. The brooch has ...

      White linen show towel has pink and blue crosstitch embroidery with eight pointed stars, the Distelfink on branch, stylized carnations, peacocks and tulip trees motif brought from Europe by German speaking settlers (according to the original catalogue record) and "1840". The alphabet has been embroidered across the other end. The ...

      A tied doublecloth, jacquard coverlet with an eagle, star, floral, and scroll pattern design. The coverlet was manufactured with an indigo blue wool on a white cotton ground. The background design consists of diamonds and triangles which surrounds the floral pattern in the centre. The floral pattern takes on a ...

      Surveyor's chain with steel wire links, connected by wire loops at each end. Every 10 ft. there is a copper alloy tally tag, with a particular number of notches in it (2 notches at 20 ft., 3 notches at 30 ft., etc.). The tag at the middle is stamped "Chesterman, ...