Tile
Bradley Museum
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| Nom de l'objet : | Tile |
| Classification de l'objet : | Artefacts de communication, Arts Furnishings, Household Accessory, |
| Matériaux : | ceramic, paint, glaze ceramique, peinture, glaçure |
| Numéro d'accession : | 975.6.103 |
| Date de début de production : | 1848 |
| Date de fin de production : | 1919 |
| Description : | Victorian ceramic tile with black transfer picture of two adult goats with horns and two kids. There are mountains in the background. The tile is glazed. The manufacturer seal is pressed on the back of the tiles, which reads: 'Mintons China Works Stoke on Trent. |
| Fonctions : | Minton tiles were famous for their unique patented enameling technique, known as the 'Reynolds's process', which date back to 1848, when it was first used by Mr. Herbert Minton. These tiles are from the Thomas Laird Kennedy house before it was demolished in 1968, according to a note by Mary Fix (1896-1972), a founding member of the Toronto Township Historical Society and the Bradley Museum. The tiles were located around the fireplace of the Kennedy farm house. Thomas Laird Kennedy (1878-1959) lived near the Dundas and Tomken intersection in Cooksville and Dixie. Kennedy was a fruit grower for the majority of his life however he became involved in politics and in 1919, he was elected to the provincial parliament as a Conservative member for Peel. He served as Minister of Agriculture from 1930-1934 and from 1943 until 1952. In 1948, Kennedy became interim Premier of Ontario when the incumbent, George Alexander Drew died. Kennedy remained in the office until Leslie Miscampbell Frost became leader of the party the following year. Kennedy also served in the First World War and attained the rank of colonel in the militia. In 1974, the Mississauga Historical Society (now Mississauga South Historical Society) organized a ceremony to erect a commemorative plaque honouring T.L. Kennedy, on land that was once part of the Kennedy farm. For more information on T. L. Kennedy, see the Mississauga Heritage Foundation's fact sheet on Thomas Laird Kennedy by Marian M. Gibson. The Archives of Ontario also holds the Thomas Laird Kennedy fonds that include photographs and textual materials on his life. For information on Minton tiles, see Mintons Ltd. _Mintons Tiles: selected patterns of enameled tiles, for walls, hearths, fire places, furniture, flower boxes, etc._ (Somerset: Richard Dennis, 1996). No gift form found, just a note by Mary Fix. Mary Fix (1896-1972) was a founding member of the Toronto Township Historical Society and helped with the development of the Bradley Museum. She was born in Ottawa and her mother, Anna O'Reilly McNulty, was a journalist interested in the financial and political matters of the government. Mary graduated from the Osgoode School of Law in 1916 and became the first woman lawyer in Ottawa. She fought for women's right to vote and helped to establish the Equal Franchise Association. Disappointed with the number of important cases, she shifted careers and became a European buyer whereby she met her husband, Albert Alphonse Fix, a virtuoso pianist. They settled in Toronto Township and entered the political arena as the first woman politician in the township. In 1959, she became the first female Warden of Peel County. For more information on Mary Fix, see the Mississauga Heritage Foundation's fact sheet entitled 'Mary Fix'. |
| Hauteur : | 0.00 |
| Longueur : | 15.20 |
| Largeur : | 15.20 |
| Unité de mesure linéaire : | cm |
| Nombre de parties composantes : | 3 |
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| Ville de l'établissement : | Mississauga |
| Province de l'établissement : | Ontario |
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