Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1961.038.035 |
Object Name |
Whimsey |
Title |
Hand-Carved Wooden Whimsey |
Lexicon category |
8: Communication Artifact |
Date |
c.1890 |
Artist |
Captain J.G. Ainslie |
Made |
Ainslie, Captain John G. |
Place of Origin |
Leith, Municipality of Meaford, Grey County |
Description |
One brown wooden ornamental carving of a chain "whimsey" consisting of eight oval shaped rings that intersect in a large, small, large pattern (four of each). Rings are different according to size and the whimsey culminates in a crucifix. It is made from a single piece of wood. There are three other whimsies in this accession made by the same person. See RELATED items. |
Provenance |
This item was made by Captain J.G. Ainslie, c. 1890 using his pen knife at Leith, Sydenham Township, Grey County. Captain Ainslie was born in 1858, and died in 1923. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Ainslie. "Ainslie Wood" is a placename that recalls this family. It is near the shoreline of Owen Sound bay in the former township of Sydenham. Last owned by Eleanor Rixon (John G. Ainslie's niece) who resided at Owen Sound, Ontario, but also spent summers in Leith, as that is where her parents and grandparents had formerly resided, and where the Rixons kept a summer home. Miss Rixon's maternal grandparents were Mr. and Mrs. Adam Ainslie. |
Collection |
Folk Art Collection |
Material |
Wood |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Ainslie, Adam Rixon, Eleanor Ainslie, John G. (Capt.) |
Subjects |
Woodworking Folk art Crosses |