Shaker, Pepper
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| Nom de l'objet : | Shaker, Pepper |
| Matériaux : | silver |
| Numéro d'accession : | BE995.4.7011 |
| Date de début de production : | 1880 |
| Description : | Sterling salt and pepper shakers, one marked 'Salt' the other marked 'Pepper'. There are remnants of blue colouring seen in the engraved lettering. On the bottom of the two shakers there are identical hallmarks found of a lion as well as marked 'Made in London 1880'. When both shakers are opened the salt shaker had two hallmarks on the bottom, inner, portion while the pepper shaker does not. The top of the salt shaker, on the outside ring has the hallmarks of 'SM', an image of a jaguar and the letter 'E'. The top of the pepper shaker is marked on the outside ring with 'SM', an image of lion, jaguar, letter 'E' and an image of the Queen's head. |
| Fonctions : | This artifact was donated by Miss Marjorie Chambres. Miss Chambres inherited these items from her aunt, Mona Kay. Mona Kay was born December 22nd, 1888. She was the second daughter of Georgina and Charles Kay of Iowa. Mona and her family moved from Iowa to Streetsville and later to Erindale where they had a farm on the north side of Dundas Street. The Kays belonged to St. Peter's Anglican Church and it was here that Georgina and Mary Harris became friends and Gwendeline Kay, Mona's sister, married Philip Chambres. Mona never married and became a companion/caretaker for Mary Harris in the 1940s. Mona helped to cook, clean and look after Mary Harris who died in 1954. Mona stayed on at Benares after Mary's death helping Naomi Harris to look after her home. Mona and another caretaker, Miss Trail, stayed at Benares with Naomi until her death in 1968. Mona died in 1980 at the age of 92. Miss Chambres spent a lot of time at Benares visiting her aunt and later helping her to look after the grounds. Miss Chambres recalls that her aunt was a _most amazing lady who could do things that others couldn't do_. She also recalls that her aunt would often take her skating at Oughtred's farm in Erindale where she used to work picking seasonal fruit before becoming Mary's companion. |
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| Ville de l'établissement : | Mississauga |
| Province de l'établissement : | Ontario |
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