Object Record
Images
Metadata
Accession # |
1954.113.1 |
Item Name |
Seashell |
Description |
Seashell. Bivalve (1/2): Noble Scallop (Chlamys nobilis Reeve). Shaded golden brown and cream on top; pearly-white underneath. Edge broken in places, other half missing. "Fan Scallop" inked in underneath. |
Provenance |
A label on the box in which the collection was originally stored reads: "Shells from a collection formerly in an old Elora Museum on this street. Saved through the years by A. E. Martin and donated by him to this County Museum, August 20, 1954." It is believed, in 1984, that the label refers to the museum that was located on Mill Street beginning in 1892. Newspaper records list the donation of a collection of shells on 19 July 1875. This donation was made to the natural history collection that had been started, it is believed in 1873, by David Boyle and was by 1875 housed in the building adjacent to the then Elora Public School. This collection of natural history artifacts was moved to various locations including the museum on Mill St. in Elora in 1892. This collection of sea shells and the David Boyle collection of archaeological and fossil material seem, at present, to be all that remains from the earlier natural history museum in Elora. - (E. Langlands, 1985 Curator). "Seashells of the World" by R. Tucker Abbott, Golden Press N.Y. |
Person \ Organization |
Elora Public School Elora School Museum Boyle, David |
Place |
Elora |