Silent butler
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SILVER
- DATE
- 1965–1971
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1990.0420.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Birks
- MODEL
- PRIMROSE PLATE
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 &.2 E.P. COPPER/.3 &.4 FABRIC
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 29.4 cm
- Width
- 15.5 cm
- Height
- 7.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Domestic Technology
- Category
- Housekeeping
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Birks
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- British Columbia
- Period
- USED BETWEEN MAY 3 AND 12,1971 TO MARK THE CENTENARY ANNIVERSARY OF B.C. INTO CONFEDERATION
- Canada
-
THE SERVICE WAS SUPPLIED BY HENRY BIRKS & SONS FOR USE ON THE ONLY COMMERCIAL FLIGHT EVER TAKEN BY QUEEN ELIZABETH TO CANADA WHICH WAS BETWEEN MAY 3 AND 12, 1971 TO MARK THE CENTENARY ANNIVERSARY OF B.C. INTO CONFEDERATION - Function
-
A SMALL RECEPTACLE WITH A HANDLE AND HINGED COVER, USED FOR COLLECTING ASHES AND CRUMBS. - Technical
-
ELECTROPLATED COPPER/ B.M. MOUNTS OF 90 - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 &.2 Print on underside reads: "PRIMROSE PLATE/ E.P. COPPER/ B.M. MOUNTS/ 90"/.3 &.4 MFR'S MARK STAMPED ON BAG READS: "[BIRKS LION TRADEMARK] BIRKS/ JEWELLERS"
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- .1 &.2 POLISHED SILVER WITH A BLACK-BROWN WODDEN HANDLE/.3 & 4 GREEN BAGS
- Decoration
- .1 &.2DECORATIVE FLORAL LID WITH A DECORATIVE THUMB REST/ DECORATIVE PATTERN INSIDE THE BOWL
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Birks, Silent butler, circa 1965–1971, Artifact no. 1990.0420, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1990.0420.001/
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