Object Record
Metadata
Accession # |
1999.14.1.02 |
Item Name |
Chain Of Office |
Description |
Chain of Office for the Reeves of the Village of Elora. Wide neckband of black leather, lined with black felt, on which are mounted silver oval-shaped nameplates, each engraved with the name of the Reeve and their date of office. At the bottom middle is a large circular sterling silver pendant engraved "The Corporation Of The Village Of Elora" with a central enamel image of the Tooth of Time. At each shoulder of the Chain is a circular enamel pendant: "The Lions International" and the "Legion". The oval nameplates are engraved as follows: David Foote / 1858 Charles Clarke / 1859 - 1864 J. M. Fraser / 1865 - 1866 Charles Clarke / 1867 - 1868 J. M. Fraser / 1869 - 1871 Hugh Hamilton / 1872 - 1873 Robert Daley / 1874 - 1876 Hugh Hamilton / 1877 John Godfrey / 1878 - 1880 David Foote / 1881 - 1888 L. P. Smith / 1889 - 1892 Hugh Clarke / 1893 - 1895 Steven Springer / 1896 John Bain / 1897 Dr. J. M. Nairn / 1898 - 1899 F. W. Sheppard / 1900 Henry Clarke / 1900 - 1906 T. E. Lipsey / 1907 - 1908 A. J. Kerr / 1909 U. Richardson / 1910 - 1911 A. J. Kerr / 1912 - 1913 T. E. Lipsey / 1914 - 1916 T. E. Bissell / 1917 - 1918 J. C. Farelly / 1919 - 1922 U. Richardson / 1923 - 1930 R. E. Mills / 1931 - 1933 A. A. Badley / 1934 - 1938 W. S. Duncan / 1939 - 1943 H. J. Walser / 1944 - 1946 J. K. McDonald / 1947 - 1950 A. A. Badley / 1951 - 1952 N. R. Drimme / 1952 - 1959 A. R. Hoffer / 1960 - 1980 H. Chambers / 1980 - 1988 Mary Dunlop / 1988 - 1998 Includes a black felt storage case (.02) with black cotton twill tape ties. |
Provenance |
Chain of Office for the Reeves of Elora, dating from 1858 Reeve David Foote to 1998; the last Reeve, Mary Dunlop, at the time of amalgamation into the municipality of Centre Wellington. |
Person \ Organization |
Badley, A. A. Bain, John Bissell, T. E. Chambers, H. Clarke, Charles Clarke, Henry Clarke, Hugh Corporation of the Village of Elora Drimmie, Norman R. Duncan, W. S. Dunlop, Mary Farelly, J. C. Foote, David Fraser, J. M. Godfrey, John Hamilton, Hugh Hoffer, A. R. Kerr, A. J. Lipsey, T. E. McDonald, J. K. Mills, R. E. Nairn, James M. (Dr.) Richardson, U. Sheppard, F. W. Smith, L. P. Springer, Steven Walser, H. J. |
Place |
Elora |