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Inkstand [object]

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Item

Date:

October 1964.

Reference:

R7581

Type of material:

Objects (including medals and pins)

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

4939189

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Lester B. Pearson fonds

Inkstand
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Date(s):

October 1964.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

object: silver inkstand ; 22 cm x 16 cm x 7 cm.

Language of material:

English

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The inkstand is silver with the English version of the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom on the lid. There is a flat bail handle on each side of the body and splayed bracket feet at each corner. There is a hinged lid divides the stand that houses two ink pots and a pen tray. Lester B. Pearson received this as a gift from Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip on their visit to Canada in October 1964.

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Exhibitions note:

Exhibition title: Lester B. Pearson collection. Old Mill Heritage Centre, Kagawong, Ontario; 2017.05.20-2017.10.09

Signatures and inscriptions note:

inside lid with the inkpots "To the Right Honourable Lester B. Pearson O.B.E. Prime Minster of Canada in commemoration of our visit to Canada" October 1964, signature of Elizabeth R and Philip, Made by H.H. Plante
12 Burry St. James' S.W.

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