156:(WAAC) decided to commission a state dinner service to be painted on china by members of the association. The WAAC formed a Ceramic Committee, which pulled together photographs and drawings of old forts, battlefields and other historical scenes. The committee also assembled reproductions of Canadian game, fish, shells, ferns and flowers. A competition of Canadian ceramic artists was held, and the work was divided among them "according to their individual proficiency in the painting of various subjects." The artists were to represent each province of Canada. In fact the chosen artists were from Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia. Eight of the artists were from Toronto.
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284:. The twenty-four Doulton coffee cups and saucers are lobed, as are their saucers, and have scroll handles. The cups and saucers have gilts rims and handles, and are decorated with Canadian wildflowers. The Limoges coffee cups have straight sides and ring handles, with circular saucers. Twelve of the coffee cups and saucers were painted by Jane Bertram of Toronto, twelve by Juliet Howson of Toronto and twelve by Anna Lucy Kelley of
312:. The finished product was well received. It was called "a most valuable and interesting work on a large scale, accomplished by the most representative talent in the Dominion ... it is hoped that it will be accepted by the government and placed where it may be seen and studied and preserved to mark the first era in ceramics in Canada." However, the government was unwilling to pay the asking price of CDN$ 1,000.
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artist. "Your best work is expected - not less than $ 60.00 will be asked per dozen in disposing of the set, proceeds to go to the artist, less 10%. Details of border of gold edge and W.A.A. stamp will be sent you, when you are ready for them. The pieces are be finished by May 18th ." The dinner service was not assembled as whole, inspected and approved until 7 July 1897.
319:, wife of the speaker of the House of Commons of Canada, asked some members of the Senate and House of Commons for help. They arranged for the service to be bought at the artists' prices by private subscriptions from members of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada. On 13 June 1898 the service was formally presented by the members to
248:, each painted twelve of the dinner plates. Margaret Irvine was born in County Fermanagh, Ireland, sometime between 1847 and 1856. She was the daughter of William Irvine and Jane Dignam, who came to Canada from County Fermanagh, Ireland, between 1846 and 1859. The Irvine Family settled in London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada.
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has taken quite an interest in our State Set and has given us the only plain china with the red factory mark that has ever left the factory to be decorated, and has sent us their best china and at the lowest price ." Mary E. Dignam wrote to Alice Egan that the blanks would cost $ 6.60 a dozen to the
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painted eighteen of the fish plates, with underwater designs, and Louise Couen, also of
Toronto, painted the other six. The dinner plates show historic landscapes, and also include the heraldic shield of the province in the border design. Margaret Irvine of Toronto and Martha Logan, originally from
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These painted scenes will remind us of many voices from prairie, lake and river which will haunt us in our home, but there will be an undertone of deeper voices which will speak of human love and friendships and these voices will form a choir invisible and will speak to us in the truest music of
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Burslem, Staffordshire, England, with twenty-four plates of each type. All but the desert plates have scalloped rims, and all but the game plates and dessert plates are bordered with a gilt scroll and trellis design. The soup plates each have a shallow bowl decorated with a historic Canadian
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to paint the other twelve. They were asked to decide how they would divide the task. Alice wrote "I chose the ducks, or rather my father did. My father was afraid that other artists would paint the birds with deformed legs and wings, as they paid no attention to bird's joints. Her father was a
178:'s discovery of Canada. Sixteen Canadian women artists were chosen to paint the 204 china blanks with Canadian historical scenes and birds, ferns, fish, flowers and fruits. They were given details of the plates or cups and saucers they were to paint, and worked independently.
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493:Creating the Dinner Service, CMH
1029:. University of Toronto Press.
568:Clara Elizabeth Galbreaith, CMH
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1132:"Mary Ella Dignam (1857-1938)"
365:Limoges porcelain are counted.
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928:Elwood, Marie (Spring 1977).
897:"Creating the Dinner Service"
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881:"Clara Elizabeth Galbreaith"
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592:ADAMS, Lily Osman, Concordia
399:Lerner & Williamson 1991
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37:Anna Lucy Kelley (1849–1920)
341:National Trust for Scotland
235:by Martha Logan (1863-1937)
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580:Phoebe Amelia Watson, CMH
304:Alice M. Judd (died 1943)
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276:Coffee cups and saucers
146:Entrance to Fort Lennox
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1157:Studio Ceramics Canada
855:Bryers, Janet (2007).
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616:Margaret Irvine, CMH
604:M. Louise Couen, CMH
253:Halifax, Nova Scotia
172:Phoebe Amelia Watson
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302:Redcurrants
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215:Fish plate
144:Soup plate
1240:Categories
347:References
317:Lady Edgar
176:John Cabot
164:Alice Egan
136:Background
130:John Cabot
103:Dimensions
57:and others
47:Alice Egan
1246:Tableware
382:Citations
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