- RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-AR-00550
- Item
- [ca. 19-?]
Set of Fan Tan game pieces including glass buttons, dealer's brass cup and counting wand. Glass buttons are from Canton, China.
Set of Fan Tan game pieces including glass buttons, dealer's brass cup and counting wand. Glass buttons are from Canton, China.
Metal strainer with bamboo handle
Metal strainer with bamboo handle. Item was brought from one of the islands of British Columbia and is handmade.
Sword made out of coins from the era of the Qianlong emperor (1736-1796). Coin swords are considered to ward off evil, and bring good luck.
Metal serving spoon used for cooking and ladling soups or other foods into bowls.
Brass plaque depicting a street scene in Chinatown, San Francisco, California. The back is inscribed "Pac. D.G. Co," which may stand for Denver and Rio Grande Railroad which merged with Southern Pacific Railroad and ran a passenger train from Salt Lake City, Utah to California.
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Silver plaque with enamel crest of a red-and-white checkered flag reading "S.S. Empress of England."
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Bronze, brass and steel locks made for locking switch points along railway lines.
Robert Mitchell Inc.
Steel key with a tag labeled "C.P.R. 118 Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, BC."
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
Brass keys used for rooms and locks. They are stamped with the letters "C.P.R."
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Room and locker keys for use aboard steamships of the British Columbia Coast Service with tags designating room numbers and ships including "Princess Marguerite", "Princess Elaine", "Princess Mary", "Princess Patricia", "Princess Louis", "Princess Maquina". The back of the tags read "If carried away by mistake kindly drop in letter box no postage required"
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Brass ashtray engraved with the initials "C.P.R." with a matchbox holder on a pedestal set into a semi-circular tray, made by Mitchell of Montreal
Mitchell
Silver fruit forks engraved with the oval garter and the checkered flag reading "Canadian Pacific."
Elkington and Company
Silver serving spoons engraved with the entwined initials "C.P.R."
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
Silver dessert forks engraved with the Empress crown logo
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Silver dessert spoons engraved with the copperplate initials "C.P.R."
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
Silver entre forks engraved with the entwined initials "C.P.R."
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Silver dessert spoons engraved with the entwined initials "C.P.R."
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
Silver dessert spoons engraved with the entwined initials "C.P.R."
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
Silver teaspoons engraved with the entwined initials "C.P.R."
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
Silver entre knife engraved with the copperplate initials "C.P.R."
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
Silver serving dish with lid, engraved with the entwined initials "C.P.R."
Elkington and Company
Silver plate engraved with the entwined initials "C.P.R."
Elkington and Company
Souvenir brass plaque of beaver and shield
Brass plaque depicting CPR logo with beaver and slogan "Canadian Pacific spans the world."
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