Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
2011.051.003 |
Object Name |
Tin |
Other Name |
Pail, Honey |
Title |
Honey Pail from the Russell Rae Apiary |
Lexicon category |
5: T&E For Science & Technology |
Date |
20th-century |
Year Range from |
1952 |
Artist |
American Can Co. |
Made |
American Can Co. |
Place of Origin |
Canada |
Description |
Printed metal honey pail with a bail wire handle. The exterior has a blue, black and beige-printed beehive and bees illustration, with the lettering: "PURE CANADIAN / HONEY / FROM THE APIARY OF / RUSSELL RAE / HOLLAND CENTRE ONT." The pail weighed 4 pounds when it was full. It reads: "All Pure Honey will granulate. To liquefy, place this container in warm water no hotter than the hand can bear and allow to stand until the honey becomes perfectly clear." |
Makers mark |
Printed on the back in small letters: "A.C. C0. 29 A" and something that looks like a bow-tie. |
Provenance |
Manufactured by the American Can Company, in Canada, and stamped by the Russell Rae apiary of Holland Centre, Grey County. Dates to the 20th-century. Sharon Tilken told museum staff that her father, Russell Rae, started keeping bees in 1938, at the age of twenty. He owned four swarms. He set up his extracting equipment in his mother's back kitchen, and built a shed for his equipment on his parent's farm the next spring. The most hives he kept at one time was 1,300. This item belonged to the Toms family, who farmed in Sydenham Township, Grey County. It belonged to Cecil Toms of Owen Sound, Grey County, who was married to Violet Toms (née Krause). In the 1930s, he owned and operated Toms' Garage and Service Station in Owen Sound. The Toms family resided at Branningham Grove (a farm on the eastern outskirts of Owen Sound). The item was last owned by David Toms of Owen Sound. |
Collection |
Apiary Equipment Collection |
Material |
Metal/Wire/Ink |
Dimensions |
H-20 Dia-13.1 cm |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Rae, Russell Toms, Cecil Toms, Violet |
Subjects |
Beehives Bee culture Honey Apiaries Bees Containers |
Search Terms |
Branningham Grove Holland Centre Bee Keeping in Grey County |
Function |
A commercially-produced unit container for liquid honey. The particular apiary would purchase the can, fill it, stamp it with their apiary name and address and then ship it to retail stores or markets. The lid had to be pried open to access the contents. |