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OBJECT TYPE: SERVING/VEGETABLE
DATE: 1952
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1989.0476.001

MANUFACTURER: MEDALTA
MODEL: RCAF
LOCATION: Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: CERAMIC

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 25.0 cm
Width: 25.0 cm
Height: 11.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Domestic Technology
Category: Food service
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: MEDALTA
Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: THIS TYPE OF BOWL USED 1952+
Canada: MEDALTA POTTERIES OF MEDICINE HAT, AB WAS WESTERN CANADA'S LARGEST PRODUCER OF HOUSEHOLD CROCKERY AND HOTEL CHINA C. 1900-1950. IN 1929 THE CO. PRODUCED 75% OF ALL POTTERY MFD IN CANADA. MEDALTA WAS BEST KNOWN FOR IT'S POTTERY HOUSEWARE & HOTEL CHINA LINES, BUT IT ALSO MFD LAMP BASES, VASES, AND DECORATIVE CERAMIC ITEMS. FOUNDED IN EARLY PART OF 20TH C., THE COMPANY WENT OUT OF BUSINESS IN 1954. (REF. 1)
Function: CONTAINER USED TO SERVE COOKED VEGETABLES.
Technical: DURING WW11 MEDALTA WAS PRESSED INTO WARTIME PRODUCTION OF CUPS AND DISHES FOR THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES. THIS BOWL (ORIGINALLY COVERED) WAS SOLD FOR USE IN RCAF VERTERANS CLUBS, WHICHWERE FORMED ALL OVER CANADA FOLLOWING THE WAR. (REF. 1, 2)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "MADE/ BY/ Medalta/ 53/ CANADA/ VITRIFIED" printed in green on underside of bowl base.
Missing: MISSING LID.
Finish: OFF-WHITE BOWL APPEARS GLAZED.
Decoration: RCAF INSIGNIA APPEARS IN DARK BLUE ON ONE SIDE OF BOWL.

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