Calendar Frame
ca. 1935 (made)
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This small calendar comprises of a silver frame and small ivory sheets with the month, day and day of the week printed on them. Westerners visiting China often bought silverwares because of their relatively low prices. The floral and spiral designs embossed on the frame would have given the set a distinctive 'oriental' flavour.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 22 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Silver, embossed and chased, with ivory sheets |
| Brief description | Calendar frame, embossed and chased silver with ivory month and day sheets, Chengdu, China, ca. 1935 |
| Physical description | Embossed and chased silver calendar frame with floral decoration, with ivory month and day sheets. |
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| Credit line | Given by Pamela Marchant |
| Object history | Wedding present given to two Scots, Lieut Tom Marchant and Robina Bookless, who got married in Chongqing, west China, in 1935. |
| Summary | This small calendar comprises of a silver frame and small ivory sheets with the month, day and day of the week printed on them. Westerners visiting China often bought silverwares because of their relatively low prices. The floral and spiral designs embossed on the frame would have given the set a distinctive 'oriental' flavour. |
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| Accession number | FE.555:1to22-2007 |
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| Record created | April 8, 2008 |
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