File 40 - Geese match holder.

Title and statement of responsibility area

Title proper

Geese match holder.

Level of description

File

Reference code

SCA27-WA15-5-40

Dates of creation area

Date(s)

  • [between 1910 and 1914] (Creation)

Physical description area

Physical description

1 match holder : ceramic ; 11 x 10 cm

Archival description area

Name of creator

(1884-1974)

Biographical history

Alice Riggs Hunt, journalist and activist, was born in New York City June 14, 1884. She was educated at private schools in New York City, one being Graham's School for Girls from 1895-1898. In 1907-1908 she attended Columbia University as a student in ... »

Scope and content

A ceramic match holder featuring a gaggle of three geese standing in the grass with their heads raised and likely honking. Underneath the grass is an inscription that reads, “We want our Votes!” The match holder was likely created to make an anti-... »

Notes area

Language of material

  • English

Associated materials

The Manitoba Museum holds a near identical match holder as part of their collections. Reference number H9-38-361.

Related materials

General note

Additional information about the provenance of this item can be found in a speech written and delivered by Elizabeth Long on the opening of the Lady Aberdeen Collection. The speech is found in SCA25-WA14-1-59 and a link to the description of this file ... »

General note

Until August 2023, the item in this file was incorrectly identified as a bud vase. New information found in Women’s Suffrage Memorabilia: An Illustrated Historical Study by Kenneth Florey (p. 67 and A6 colour plate) and consultation with curatorial staff ... »

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Dates of creation, revision and deletion

Re-described by JB in 2011.
Re-described by NM in 2023.

Language of description

  • English

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