Feeder, small animal

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1920–1930
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2013.0041.001

MANUFACTURER: Medalta Potteries
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: Mink Feeder
Patents: N/A
General Description: Brownish rust coloured glazed clay bowl with a folded inward lip.

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: 12.0 cm
Height: 6.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: 42.5 cm
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Agriculture
Category: Animal husbandry
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Medalta
Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Althougth there were many potteries in eastern Canada in the period of 1900, Medlata made use of local clay as a raw material for porduction and locally avialable natural gas to fire the kilns.
Function: Used in cages to contain feed or water for mink or other small fur- bearing animals.
Technical: An example of the product of a Canadian pottery and shows how such companies worked to produce goods based on market needs....mink farming was for a period of time a very lucrative business.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Mfr's:"MEDALTA/CANADA/ [stamp] Medalta Potteries/illegible/[white label] Medalta Potteries' "Mink Feeder"/$6.50/XX.88.16.21 printed by hand in black ink on the underside of bowl".
Missing: Nothing missing.
Finish: Brownish rust coloured glazed clay bowl with a folded inward lip.
Decoration: None.

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Medalta Potteries, Feeder, small animal, between 1920–1930, Artifact no. 2013.0041, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2013.0041.001/

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