Object Record
Images
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Metadata
Object ID # |
2012.058.014 |
Object Name |
Carving |
Title |
Folk Art Horse-Drawn Water Wagon |
Lexicon category |
8: Communication Artifact |
Credit line |
Donated by John and Edna Vetter and family |
Year Range from |
1956 |
Year Range to |
1985 |
Artist |
Myers, George Louis |
Made |
Myers, George Louis |
Place of Origin |
Hanover, Municipality of West Grey, Grey County |
Description |
Folk art carving of a red water wagon drawn by a team of two horses. It is made of painted wood. The horses are brown, with light-brown manes and tails made of hair. Their eyes, nostrils and mouths are red, and they have white stripes on their faces. They have white mid-way up their legs. They wear black leather harnesses with collars around their necks, which are attached to the red centre shaft of the wagon. The collars and bridles have red yarn on the ends (dress tack and harness). The reins attached to the horses' bridles are made of string, and are knotted and resting at the top of the wagon. The wagon is red, with black details. The water tank at the top of the wagon is black and has a hose which rests on the right side of the wagon. There are two black-rimmed wheels at the back and two smaller, black-rimmed wheels at the front. The wagon and horses are mounted on a wooden base with a light-brown varnish. |
Provenance |
Made by George Louis Myers in Hanover, Grey County. Dates to between 1956 and 1985. Belonged to George Louis Myers. He was born in Sullivan Township, Grey County on April 13, 1897. He was a son of Henry and Augusta Myers (née Drew), who farmed at Lot 17, Concession 4, Sullivan Township. He married Hilda Gateman on May 28, 1924, when he was twenty-six and she was nineteen. His family moved to Hanover, Grey County in 1956, where he began carving. He died on June 30, 1985 at the age of eighty-eight, and is buried in Hanover Cemetery. His son, Maurice H. Myers (1932-1969), was a friend of John Vetter. Last owned by John and Edna Vetter of Waterloo, Ontario, who inherited it in 1968. |
Collection |
Folk Art Collection |
Material |
Wood/Paints |
Dimensions |
H-23 W-17 L-54 cm |
Found |
Ontario |
People |
Myers, George Louis |
Subjects |
Hanover, Ontario Artists |
Function |
Water wagons were needed to accompany steam traction engines when they were out in the fields during grain harvesting. |