Mitten

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OBJECT TYPE: GAUNTLET/FUR
DATE: 1915
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2004.0009.001

MANUFACTURER: HOLT, RENFREW & CO. LTD.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: BEAVER FUR & SKIN

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 37.0 cm
Width: 28.0 cm
Height: 7.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Forestry
Category: Miscellaneous
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: HOLT RENFREW
Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: THESE MITTENS BELIEVED WORN BY ORIGINAL OWNER MR. CHAS. PIERCE C.1915-1930S.
Canada: MFD. AND SOLD BY HOLT, RENFREW & CO. LTD., OF QUEBEC CITY & MONTREAL, PQ; TORONTO, ONT. AND WINNIPEG, MB. THESE MITTENS OWNED BY MR. CHARLES A. PIERCE, WHO WORE THEM IN WINTER WHILE TRAVELLING TO THE LUMBER YARD HE OWNED NEAR TIMMINS, ONT. MR. PIERCE WAS A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN, OPERATING RETAIL BUSINESSES, LUMBER YARDS AND MINES IN NORTHERN ONT.
Function: TO COVER, PROTECT AND KEEP WARM THE WEARER'S HANDS.
Technical: BEAVER FUR MITTENS HAVE BEAVER SKIN COVERING ON PALM; PORTION COVERING FINGERS ANDHAND IS LINED WITH BEAVER FUR. EACH MITTEN APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN MADE FROM A SINGLE BEAVER PELT.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Label sewn inside left mitten reads "H.M. KING GEORGE V./ [emblem or crest]/ HOLT, RENFREW & CO./ LIMITED/ QUEBEC TORONTO/ MONTREAL WINNIPEG".
Missing: NONE.
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: N/A

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HOLT, RENFREW & CO. LTD., Mitten, circa 1915, Artifact no. 2004.0009, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2004.0009.001/

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