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Metadata
Object ID # |
2012.034.001ab |
Object Name |
Holder, Pen |
Title |
1945 Canada's Ninth Victory Loan Penstand |
Lexicon category |
6: T&E For Communication |
Date |
1945 |
Year Range from |
1945 |
Year Range to |
1945 |
Artist |
Birks-Ellis |
Made |
Birks Sterling |
Place of Origin |
Toronto |
Description |
Large pen stand (a). It has a clear plastic base, and two horizontal lines which are visible from the sides. There is a rectangular, aluminum-coloured plaque screwed onto the top of the stand, which provides facsimiles of the Berlin and Tokyo surrender documents. These replicas flank a central text which reads: "This pen, a replica of the one used by Air Chief Admiral Sir Arthur William Tedder in signing the document of surrender at Berlin, May 8th, 1945, is given on the occasion of Canada's Ninth Victory Loan". There is also a logo of a fountain pen inserted in the number 9. The original pen and its holding socket are no longer extant. There is a remaining, detachable piece of hardware (b). It has a ball pivot, and a small, protruding threaded area. The pen holder has an engraved silver plate with a BIRKS STERLING mark. It reads: "PRESENTED TO / JUDGE G. W. MORLEY / VICTORY LOAN CHAIRMAN FOR / GREY / BY THE / ONTARIO NATIONAL WAR FINANCE COMMITTEE". |
Makers mark |
The engraved plate has an impress-stamped mark for "BIRKS" at the left, and "STERLING" at the right. |
Provenance |
Manufactured by Birks Sterling. Dates to 1945. Belonged to Judge George W. Morley. According to his January, 1971 obituary, he "was born in Orangeville, son of the late Reverend Canon George Morley and Mrs. Morley. He was educated at Trinity College School, Port Hope, read law with a Toronto firm, and was called to the bar in 1914. In 1916, he enlisted in the 76th Battery of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. [...] On February 1, 1932, [he] was appointed County and Surrogate Court judge of Grey County, and local master of the Supreme Court of Ontario. He remained as Grey County judge until his voluntary resignation on February 5, 1957, after serving for 25 years. [...He was] survived by his wife, the former Mary Olive Boyd, a son, Dr. Lawrence W. Morley of Mantotick, and two daughters, Mary G. of Ottawa, and Mrs. Kay O. Stark of Mantotick, and four grandchildren. He was predeceased by a son, George Thornton Morley, who was killed during the Second World War." He received this item around the time of Canada's Ninth Victory Loan Campaign, which was held in October of 1945. Last owned by Lawrence W. Morley of Owen Sound, Grey County. |
Collection |
Organizational/Government Collection |
Material |
Plastic/Aluminum/Metal |
Dimensions |
H-4.5 W-21 L-17.1 cm |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Morley, G. W. (Judge) |
Subjects |
Victory Loans World War II People associated with politics & government Pens Fund raising |
Function |
Intended as a commemorative piece, but also could be used to hold a desk pen on one's desk. |