[BCMA] A sighting of the Ogopogo, knights in tarnished armor and other objects available for transfer from the Vernon Museum and Archives

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Hello,
Isn't it brilliant how some objects just live on long after they have served their original purpose? Cookie tins become sewing kits, cracker boxes hold a child's treasures. You really can't properly display the past without embracing the second lives of objects, and luckily for you today we have several food containers perfect for your exhibits.

*         We have two Christies Cheese Wafers tins, they are teal blue with a picture of Christie's wafers on them. Don't get excited, they are empty. (1985.319.041, 1989.001.110). We also have this tin in dark blue! (1989.001.109)

*         A tin of Holland Cheese Crispies, its blue and yellow with a picture of cows grazing in golden fields. (2013.048.009)

*         A Riley's Toffee tin. The top is decorated with an image of galloping knights hunting in a forest, which it is sure to delight younger visitors. It is however, badly worn from years of love. (2013.048.010)
For those of you who did not find a glass jar to your taste in the last List Serve, today we have two more:

*         A glass jar with "The Rose" written on the side. The glass is full of impurities and lines, but is still solid. (2002.69.27)

*         A large glass jar which says "Golden-State Trade Mark Mason" (1993.004.001)
After going through our empties we have selected a number of bottles to rehome in another museum. These include the following:

*         A perfect object for any Halloween display,  a glass bottle which once contained Paul Beverages, and on the red and white label is the feared and totally real Ogopogo monster! Until we actually manage to catch the beast this is as close as you will get to showing it off in your museum! (1999.014.003)

*         5 vintage Guinness Finest Brews bottles. They have a crest of them showing a muscled arm rising over the water to wave a sword. Three of them still have their caps. They appear to date to the 1910's. (1996.086.001-5)

*         For those of you super obsessed with the royal family we have two commemorative wine bottles. The labels honor the visit of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second to Vernon, British Columbia in 1983. Only 500 of these bottles were ever made! What a great way to show a moment in British Columbia's history and the ingenuity of local wineries. (1983.31.4 and 2003.035.001)
Do you have an empty corner in your historical kitchen? Victorian pantry looking a bit bare? Take one of our large ceramic jugs!

*         This one is cream with a brown top, bail handles. No makers name or mark. 22 cm. high. Base 17cm. dia., shoulder 18cm. (1964.007.001)

*         What about this cylindrical jug with no top. Its 22 cm high, and 18 cm diameter and finished in a natural glaze. (1973.87.173)

*         This very special jug stands out from the crowd. Its 21.5 cm high, 17.5 cm diameter, and it has its original label which reads "Hunter-Henderson. Pure Orange Shellac". What makes it special is that there is old dried shellac dripping down the sides, so you can tell it was really used. (1977.28.5)

*         A round, straight sided stoneware crock, short sharp shoulder, sloping neck, fitted lid w/ wire and metal clip fastener, sand colored glaze on the body, brown glaze on the neck, lid and inside. (2006.08.010)

*         We have one last open top crock, 17.5 cm high, with its own handle. It was probably once used in a store. (1977.028.002)
As we all know, if a museum doesn't have an old fashioned iron it's not really a museum. If you are reading this and panicking don't worry, we have a few extra to share:

*         Electric iron with cast iron base with thin layer of asbestos. Electrical fitting at back and turned wooden handle, black. Its rusty and the cord has been cut but it will save you from the museum inspector's wrath. It dates to 1905. (2001.44.2)

*         The base of a JA8 Mart MFG CO LTD iron (I am not sure what that means). Heavy as a rock it doubles as artifact and door stop. (1969.039.01)

*         Cast iron 'boat' shaped iron, with removable wooden handle, wooden nob at center for release mechanism. (2007.103.001)

*         Cast iron with curved wooden handle size No. 2. It says, "H.R Ives and Co Montreal / Size 2/ Mrs Pott .S. Iron Patent Ground" (2004.077.002)

*         Electric iron, shaped wooden handle, electric cord is not original. Model "Hot Point", it was original purchased in Vancouver from BC Electric. (2004.048.001)

*         Cast iron, with fitting for handle. No.55 Size 3. No handle. (2004.077.001)

*         A general electric, chrome plated electric iron, wooden handle painted black. HotPoint No F17. A bit rusted. (2004.036.002)

*         "Asbestos Sad Iron, Pat. May 1900"; but there is no makers name. The iron is solid, both ends pointed. (1966.96.1)

*         Chrome plated electric iron, wooden handle painted black. It says "HotPoint No F17". (2004.036.002)

*         A Coleman gas sad iron, with a black porcelain finish on cast metal. It has a bowl shaped gas tank mounted on the back and a wooden handle. The gas tanked is scorched so I think someone ruined their laundry at one point. (2010.81.2)
Finally, put those irons on one of our trivets. Both are cast iron and a bit rusted. (2004.77.3 / 1964.007.025)

I am happy to send photographs or more information, but as usual, shipping costs will be your museums responsibility, and in some cases there will be an extra fee for shipping materials. If you are interested please contact: Carolyn.ben at vernonmuseum.ca<mailto:Carolyn.ben at vernonmuseum.ca>.


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