Tool, Shovel: Ceremonial

Object/Artifact

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Bytown Museum / Musée Bytown

Name/Title

Tool, Shovel: Ceremonial

Entry/Object ID

A24

Description

One metal and wood spade with a T shaped handle is made of two pieces of wood nailed together, attached to the wooded shellacked shaft is metal spade, the top of the metal spade is attached with nails, attached to the shaft is a "ROSENTHAL STERLING" piece around the shaft originally attached by 3 nails the two end ones are now lost, the middle one is replaced with a larger nail bent over.

Made/Created

Date made

1907

Notes

Country of origin: CANADA

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Transcription

"GROUND WAS BROKEN WITH THIS SPADE // AND THE WORK FORMALLY STARTED // AT NOON OF SATURDAY // OCTOBER 26TH, 1907, // FOR THE CENTRAL UNION TRAIN STATION, // CONCOURSE AND BAGGAGE-ANNEX, // OTTAWA, BY MAYOR D'ARCY SCOTT. // BRADFORD LEE GILBERT, ARCHITECT // J. QUINLAN & CO. CONTRACTORS".

Notes

Engraved on a rectangular silver plate attached to the handel of the shovel.

Transcription

"ROSENTHAL // STERLING"

Notes

Engraved on the edge of the rectangular silver plate attached to the handel of the shovel.

Transcription

"(SOLI)D (CA)ST (S)TEEL"

Notes

inscribed on the head of the shovel.

Transcription

"PAT. // --TEE"

Notes

Inscribed on the handel of the shovel with some of the letters worn and unreadable.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Spade, Grafting

Nomenclature Class

Mining & Mineral Harvesting T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Search Terms

Spade, Grafting, Spade, Grafting, Materials T&E

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Shovel, Ceremonial, Spade, Grafting

Dimensions

Width

20.3 cm

Depth

14 cm

Length

93.8 cm

Material

steel, Silver, Wood, varnish