Egremont Twp. - 80 | Wellington County Museum & Archives

1953.5.308 - Saw, Cross Cut

A grey-black tempered steel crosscut saw. Mass produced. Punched or cut, then tempered. There are loops on both ends for handles. The style is Tooth form "Lightning".

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1953.5.64 - Stencil

Thin black metal stencil, tacked onto a board for support. The name on the stencil is Dd. Keith, for Donald Keith. It was used to mark grain bags.

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1958.1.2 - Quilt

Handquilted and sewn quilt in a honeycomb pattern, circa 1895. Sixteen rows of seventeen hexagons. Assorted fabrics (silks, cotton and wool) in solids, plaids and prints. The edging is a wool flannel cut in a scallopped design. The edges are left raw with holes punched in close to the edge. There are two layers, one is dark red and the other is brown. The backing is a brown cotton twill patched with lighter brown cotton satin. The quilting - each...

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1982.47.1 - Model, Barn

Model barn. Made from cedar. There is no finish. Mortise and tenoned, then nailed.

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2008.26.1.02 - Dress, Wedding

Wedding dress (.02) and underskirt (.01) dated 1878. Pale green silk dress with and underskirt of fine green wool trimmed with three panels and ruffles of matching green silk. The dress is trimmed with white lace at the collar and wide bands of black silk satin at the cuffs and hem. The dress has a full-length opening at the front with black buttons all the way down. Brown cotton sateen lining on the bodice of the dress. The skirt has a side slit...

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2009.2.1.043 - Bowl, Slop Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Waste Pitcher, Cream Plate, Dessert Plate, Dinner Plate, Food Set, Cup and Saucer Set, Dish Set, Tableware Set, Tea Teapot

A tea service and dish set for twelve (.01-.043) dated to 1903. Fine, white glazed porcelain with a decorative hand-painted pattern of a spray of pink and white roses, yellow hibiscus and orange flowers on each piece. Each has a scalloped rim edged with gold. The teapot (.01 & .02), sugar bowl (.03 & .04), and the cream pitcher (.05) all have a squat, bulbous but elegant shape. The set also includes eleven teacups (.07-.017), twelve saucers (.018...

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2009.51.23 - Package, Product Powder, Baby

A cardboard tubular tin with metal top and bottom containing "Certified / Fullers Earth... / Dusting Powder for Babies", dated circa 1925-1935. Cardboard is coloured blue, yellow, white and black. Metal lid has a perforated centre for dusting.

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2020.35.1 - Doll, Composition Doll, Nurse

A light skin toned doll in a nurse's uniform dated circa 1939-1940. It has a linen torso stuffed with wood shavings and composition head, arms and legs. The composition pieces are covered with a thin layer of light pink flesh-coloured plastic. The doll's painted facial features are worn away; there are remnants of a thin black eyebrow, eyelashes and blue eyes. The doll has short yellow wavy hair with a metal clip attached to the right. It is wea...

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2020.35.2.09 - Board, Cribbage

A rectangular wooden cribbage scoring board (.01) stored with four sets of two coloured pegs in blue (.02 and .03), white (.04 and .05), light red (.06 and .07) and dark red (.08 and .09). The front of the board has a finish on the surface and printed on the front is a "paperclip" shape with two rows of a series of holes up to 120. The board is marked in increments of five until it reaches 120. In the centre is labeled in black lettering "Acme Cr...

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