Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID # |
2016.027.005 |
Object Name |
Plate, Electrotype |
Title |
Printing Plate showing the Potash Factory at Ashery Creek |
Date |
20th-century |
Artist |
Fleming, Roy Franklin |
Made |
R-B-W (Richardson, Bond & Wright) |
Place of Origin |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
Description |
A printing plate with Roy Fleming's illustration of the potash factory, the "Ashery at Ashery Creek" in the former Derby Township (Ashley post office area). The plate is irregular in shape at its edges. The illustration shows a man standing near a two fire structure, that has two round areas at its top (these are the tops of two cast iron potash kettles). Nearby are three wooden leaching bins on raised legged platforms, with buckets at the ends to catch the leach fluid. There is a wooden building in the background, with a small four-paned window. |
Makers mark |
The left side is cast? or engraved/etched? with the signature "Roy F. Fleming" |
Provenance |
Roy Franklin Fleming of Kilsyth, Derby Township, Grey County, apparently was the creator/illustrator of this item. The item was also cast and used in Owen Sound by the R-B-W printing business of C. A. Fleming (a relative of his). The image was first published in 19__. It was last owned by Ruth H. Lamour (neé Fleming) of Carleton Place, Ontario. |
Collection |
Printing & Bindery Equipment, 20th-c Collection |
Material |
Metal/Lead/Copper |
Dimensions |
W-6.299 L-3.622 D-0.079 inches |
Found |
Carleton Place, Ontario |
People |
Fleming, Roy Fleming, Christopher Alexander (C. A.) |
Subjects |
Grey County Industry Pioneers Potash Asheries Letterpress works Clearing of land Printing plates Artists |
Search Terms |
Ashery Creek Derby Township Garafraxa Road |
Function |
A 20th-century letterpress era printing plate, that provides an illustration of a 19th-century Derby Township rural industry. It was used for printing in Owen Sound. |