Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
2016.009.005 |
Object Name |
Box |
Other Name |
Box, Presentation |
Title |
D. C. Taylor & Son Ring Box |
Date |
post-1928 |
Year Range from |
1928 |
Year Range to |
1945 |
Made |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
Description |
A burgundy / purple plush velvet covered hinged ring box. Inside is a black-printed yellow silk lid lining with "D. C. TAYLOR & SON / JEWELERS / OWEN SOUND, ONT." It is designed without a catch, and the lid can be left open for display. |
Provenance |
Custom-made by an unknown maker for the Douglas & Taylor jewellery store at Owen Sound, Grey County. This partnership was lasted from1910 to 1928, when Mr. Taylor went into business with his son, Creighton Taylor, and began using the business name "D.C. Taylor & Son". George Manjuris moved to Owen Sound in 1918, so it post-dates then. He was a long-time merchant / store owner who had the Manjuris tobacco and billiards business along main street. The item may have been first kept by his wife, Helen Manjuris. It was last owned by their only child, Athryn Athena Manjuris, and it might have been used for a child's ring that she owned? Athryn died in Owen Sound on February 17, 2010, at the age of eighty-nine. She is buried with her parents in Greenwood Cemetery. This item was found among items in her Estate and last kept by her relative, Michael E. Comars. |
Collection |
Commercial Equipment Collection |
Material |
Cardboard/Velvet/Silk/Metal/Dye/Ink/Glue |
Dimensions |
H-3.5 W-5 L-4.5 cm |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Taylor, D. C. Manjuris, Athryn Athena Manjuris, George |
Subjects |
Rings Jewelry Jewelry stores |
Search Terms |
Owen Sound Businesses |
Function |
A box intended to store and present a ring in a jewellery store. The interior advertises the origin of the purchase. The lid of the box could be posed up for window displays of rings. The presentation box was sold with the ring to the customer. This ring box was used by an Owen Sound jewellery store. |