General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1-.4 SILVER PLATE, POSSIBLY ON COPPER

Dimensions

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

Length

17.8 cm

Width

12.6 cm

Height

3.5 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

WILEY

Country

Canada

State/Province

Québec

City

Montréal

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

C. 1920'S

Canada

EXAMPLE OF PART OF A RAILWAY DINING CAR SERVICE USED IN CANADA/ DINING CARS WERE A DRAIN ON RAILWAY FINANCES, BUT PROVIDED AN IMPORTANT SERVICE AS RAILWAY OPERATIONS EXPANDED FROM A REGIONAL TO A CONTINENTAL SCALE, FROM THE 1870'S ONWARD/ THEY CONTINUED TO BE AN IMPORTANT PART OF PASSENGER CAR SERVICES INTO THE 1960'S

Function

TO SERVE FOOD IN, PROBABLY CONDIMENTS OF SOME SORT

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1-.2 STAMPED IN BASE '13780/ [WITHIN CREST SHAPE IS 'E &/ CO.']/ [WITHIN SEPARATE INDENTED SQUARES 'E' '&' 'Co.']/ ELKINGTON PLATE/ A.T. WILEY & CO. LD./ MONTREAL' - FURTHER DOWN ON.1 IS 'A', ON.2 IS 'Z'/.3-.4 '13780/[WITHIN CREST SHAPE 'E &/ CO.'] [WITHIN SEPARATE SQUARES 'E' '&' 'Co' 'U']/ ELKINGTON & CO.' -.3 CONTINUES 'A [WITHIN CREST SHAPE] MADDIN D [WITHIN CREST SHAPE]/ A.T. WILEY COY. LIMITED/ MONTREAL'/.4 CONTINUES 'G 6/ A.T. WILEY COY. LIMITED/ MONTREAL'/.1-.4 ALL ENGRAVED ON SIDE 'C.P.R.'

Missing

N/A

Finish

.1-.4 SILVER COLOUR, HAVE VARYING AMOUNTS OF TARNISHING EVIDENT

Decoration

N/A