Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID # |
1987.009.003 |
Object Name |
Plate, Decorative |
Other Name |
Souvenir, Grey County |
Title |
Newash Encampment Art Plate |
Lexicon category |
8: Communication Artifact |
Year Range from |
1967 |
Year Range to |
1973 |
Artist |
Landen, John Joseph |
Made |
Canadian Art China Company |
Place of Origin |
Collingwood, Simcoe County |
Description |
One white-coloured glazed china plate with gold rim and a dark-brown transfer-printed illustration (circular) which shows a scene of the First Nations encampment at Newash as illustrated by John Landen, a former Museum Curator. The back reads "22 K GOLD- CAN ART CHINA- COLLINGWOOD, ONT". |
Makers mark |
The back reads "22 K GOLD- CAN ART CHINA- COLLINGWOOD, ONT". |
Provenance |
In the 1980s, the County of Grey-Owen Sound Museum had an inventory of souvenir plates like this one in its gift shop at 975 6th St. East, Owen Sound, Grey County. The plates were likely made for the museum at Collingwood, Simcoe County. The illustrator was John J. Landen of Owen Sound, Grey County. He had some indigenous ancestors (Mattawa area) and was very interested in local indigenous history. He created the image as his depiction of what a Newash encampment might have looked like in the 1840s. |
Collection |
Food Service Tools & Equipment |
Material |
Ceramic/China/Transfer Print/Gold/Paint |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Landen, John J. |
Subjects |
Canoes First Nations of Central Canada Souvenir shops Souvenirs |
Search Terms |
Newash Ojibway County of Grey-Owen Sound Museum |
Function |
This is a souvenir art plate, that was custom-ordered by the County of Grey-Owen Sound Museum for its gift shop. They were usually purchased by tourists visiting Owen Sound. |