Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
2010.057.003 |
Object Name |
Plate, Commemorative |
Other Name |
Souvenir, Grey County |
Title |
Austrian-Made Souvenir Dish showing Owen Sound, Ontario |
Lexicon category |
4: T&E For Materials |
Date |
Early 20th-century |
Made |
Victoria |
Place of Origin |
Austria |
Description |
Pierced, ornamental souvenir dish. Its finish has a green and orange colouration, and a transfer-printed illustration of the main street of Owen Sound. The underside has a faint, bluish-green, transfer-printed maker's mark of a crown with "VICTORIA" above it, and "AUSTRIA" below it. The dish is asymetrical, and has an oval base ring. The piercing has six voids in it, side-by-side, at the right of the top edge. The top edge area also has some molded decor. The rim of the dish is outlined in black paint. The transfer print is captioned "FRONT STREET, OWEN SOUND". It depicts Owen Sound's main street, looking southwards from Division Street (now 10th Street). At the left is the Bank of Hamilton building. There is a stage on the street, and a horse-drawn wagon turning the corner. |
Makers mark |
The underside has a faint green transfer-printed maker's mark of a crown with "VICTORIA" above it, and "AUSTRIA" below it. |
Provenance |
Manufactured by Victoria, in Austria. Dates to the early 20th-century. It was sold in a souvenir shop in Owen Sound, Grey County. It belonged to Isobel Ganton, of Toronto, who collected vintage ceramics. Both of her parents were born in Lion's Head, and her father lived in Owen Sound in the early 20th-century. They cottaged there after 1947. |
Collection |
Household Equipment, 20th-c Collection |
Material |
Ceramic/Transfer prints/Glazes/Paint |
Dimensions |
H-2.6 W-14.2 L-12 cm |
Found |
Toronto, Ontario |
Subjects |
Streets Souvenirs |
Search Terms |
Owen Sound Owen Sound Street Names & Numbering |