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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1924–1954
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2013.0028.002

MANUFACTURER: MEDALTA POTTERIES LTD.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 2
AKA: chicken waterer pan or plate
Patents: N/A
General Description: Natural cream-colour stoneware.

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: N/A
Height: 5.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: 25.0 cm
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Agriculture
Category: Poultry equipment
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: MEDALTA
Country: Canada
State/Province: Alberta
City: Medicine Hat

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: This model of waterer used produced and used early 1920- early 1950s.
Canada: Well-known Medalta Potteries Ltd. operated in Medicine Hat. AB c.1916- 1958, producing a wide variety of decorative and purely functional products.
Function: To make available clean drinking water for poultry.
Technical: As water level decreases, fresh water from .1 reservoir replenishes supply provided in shallow dish for consumption.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Shallow number stamped into underside of base is visible but illegible. "X.73.187.1" printed by hand in black ink on recessed side of shallow dish.
Missing: Appears complete.
Finish: Natural cream-colour stoneware.
Decoration: N/A

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MEDALTA POTTERIES LTD., Dish, circa 1924–1954, Artifact no. 2013.0028, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2013.0028.002/

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