The image shows a cream-colored plate with a dark red rim, labeled "Strathcona Hospital Ottawa"
Name/Title
Strathcona Hospital Dish
Entry/Object ID
2026.3.1
Description
One small white cermaic dish with a red border/rim. On the front side of the dish at the top is the 1855 City of Ottawa crest in red. "STRATHCONA HOSPITAL" is written above the crest and "OTTAWA" is written below it. The underside of the dish is plain white with a maker's mark in the centre.
Made/Created
Manufacturer
WOOD & SONS
Date made
circa 1907 - circa 1910
Time Period
19th Century
Place
Country
England
Notes
Supplied by Cassidy's Limited. Former Canadian company that specialized in restaurant equipment. In business 1801-2000. Founded in Montreal, they began as an importer of fine china before expanding into hotel and restaurant equipment. Had warehouses in Toronto and Winnipeg.
Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
Maker's Mark
Location
Underneath, centre
Transcription
"[VTT FIED] / WOOD & SONS / ENGLAND / SUPPLIED BY / CASSIDY'S LIMITED"
Language
English
Material/Technique
Ink
Notes
In green. Faded.
Type
Inscription
Location
Front side, top centre.
Transcription
"STRATHCONA HOSPITAL / [City of Ottawa 1855 Crest] / OTTAWA"
Language
English
Material/Technique
Inscribed
Notes
In red.
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Dish, Serving
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Serving Vessels
Nomenclature Class
Food Service T&E
Nomenclature Category
Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials
Dimensions
Height
0.8 cm
Width
4.3 cm
Length
6.2 cm
Material
Ceramic
Research Notes
Notes
Ottawa’s Strathcona Hospital opened in 1903 and closed in
1953. It was located in Sandy Hill, where the Sandringham Apartments are located
today. It was constructed as an isolation hospital to treat contagious diseases such as
diphtheria and scarlet fever when the construction of an isolation hospital that was to be
built on Porter’s Island fell through. In the 1950s the Strathcona Hospital became one of
six designated treatment centres for Polio in Ontario, treating patients from Pembrooke
to Morrisburg. The hospital closed in 1953 when a new isolation facility opened at the
Ottawa Civic Hospital (the East Lawn Pavillion).
