Dish, Eating: Speaker of the Senate of Canada

Object/Artifact

Bytown Museum / Musée Bytown

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2023.002.01.01-.11

Description

[.01] One circular Royal Standard China dinner plate, complete with gold and red rim detail and the Royal Coat of Arms on Canada at the top center and maker's mark on reverse. [.02] One circular Royal Standard China luncheon plate, complete with gold and red rim detail and the Royal Coat of Arms on Canada at the top center and maker's mark on reverse. [.03] One circular Royal Standard China salad plate, complete with gold and red rim detail and the Royal Coat of Arms on Canada at the top center and maker's mark on reverse. [.04] One circular Royal Standard China dessert plate, complete with gold and red rim detail and the Royal Coat of Arms on Canada at the top center and maker's mark on reverse. [.05] One circular Royal Standard China side plate, complete with gold and red rim detail and the Royal Coat of Arms on Canada at the top center and maker's mark on reverse. [.06] One circular Royal Standard China bread and butter plate, complete with gold and red rim detail and the Royal Coat of Arms on Canada at the top center and maker's mark on reverse. [.07] One circular Royal Standard China soup plate, complete with gold and red rim detail and the Royal Coat of Arms on Canada at the top center and maker's mark on reverse. [.08] One circular Royal Standard China dessert bowl, complete with gold and red rim detail and the Royal Coat of Arms on Canada at the top center and maker's mark on reverse. [.09] One circular Royal Standard China saucer, complete with gold and red rim detail, scalloped edge, and the Royal Coat of Arms on Canada at the top center and maker's mark on reverse. [.10] One circular G.L. Ashworth & Brothers Ltd. soup plate, complete with Imari Pattern (also known as Old Japan Vase) floral design, arms of the Speaker of the Senate of Canada at the top center and maker's mark on reverse. [.11] One crescent-shaped G.L. Ashworth & Brothers Ltd. bone plate, complete with Imari Pattern (also known as Old Japan Vase) floral design, arms of the Speaker of the Senate of Canada at the top center and maker's mark on reverse.

Made/Created

Date made

1862

Notes

Additional create date: 1930

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Plate, Food

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Dish, Eating

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Eating Vessels

Nomenclature Class

Food Service T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Plate (dish), Dish, Eating

Notes

Result: Attributed Collection 054447 (2023.002.01.01 - .09) Speakers of Note: Hon. Hewitt Bostock Hon. Gildas Molgat This Royal Standard China dish set, made in England, has a gold and red rim detail with the Royal Coat of Arms of Canada in the top center. The saucer has a scalloped rim. This Royal Standard China maker's mark dates to 1916-1930. The Royal Coat of Arms on this dish set was the version introduced in 1921 and used until 1957. These dates indicate the dish set was manufactured sometime from 1921-1930. Speaker Hewitt Bostock was in the role from 1922-1930 and was likely in this position for the acquisition of this dish set. Based on an oral history of a Senate employee, we know that the set was used until 2008 and was used by Speaker Gildas Molgat. The dish set was used until 2008 when the Senate approved its own emblem and the use of the arms of Canada by the Senate was discontinued. Collection 054451 (2023.002.01.10 & .11) Speakers of Note: Hon. Joseph Edouard Cauchon (1867ï¿½ ï¿½1869) (1869ï¿½ ï¿½1872) (1872) Maker's mark: “A. Bros Real Ironstone China” indicating manufacturer G.L. Ashworth & Brothers Ltd (c. 1861-1968) when the company was renamed Mason's Ironstone China Ltd. The mark on this dish set indicates a manufacture date from 1862-1891 because “A. Bros” is printed under the crown. This mark is likely pre-1891 because it does not include “England” on it, which is added to the mark in 1891. This time period suggests that the dish set may have been used by the first Speaker of the Senate Hon. Joseph Edouard Cauchon (and possibly even by parliamentarians pre-Constitution). Hon. Joseph Edouard Cauchon was born in St. Roch, Lower Canada (now a neighbourhood of Quebec City) in 1816.