Artifact & Fine Art Collection - Toronto History Museums

Artifact & Fine Art Collection - Toronto History Museums | City of Toronto 11 Montgomery's Inn1 to 11 default_sort https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/SCRIPTS/MWIMAIN.DLL/151329150/2/1/$CONN/WEB_SUM_M3?RECLIST&DATABASE=COLLECTIONS&TM=1627572999.184 https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/SCRIPTS/MWIMAIN.DLL/151329150/2/1/$CONN/WEB_SUM_M3_OBJECT_NAME_ASC?RECLIST&DATABASE=COLLECTIONS&TM=1627572999.184 https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/SCRIPTS/MWIMAIN.DLL/151329150/2/1/$CONN/WEB_SUM_M3_OBJECT_NAME_DSC?RECLIST&DATABASE=COLLECTIONS&TM=1627572999.184 https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/SCRIPTS/MWIMAIN.DLL/151329150/2/1/$CONN/WEB_SUM_M3_DATE_ASC?RECLIST&DATABASE=COLLECTIONS&TM=1627572999.184 https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/SCRIPTS/MWIMAIN.DLL/151329150/2/1/$CONN/WEB_SUM_M3_DATE_DSC?RECLIST&DATABASE=COLLECTIONS&TM=1627572999.184 Filters false 70163 https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/SCRIPTS/MWIMAIN.DLL/151329150/2/1/70163?RECORD&DATABASE=COLLECTIONS 975.37.6 a-f Bed Montgomery's Inn wood Furniture 2: Furnishings Sleeping & Reclining Furniture Bed Low post rope bed with acorn-shaped finials. Consists of footboard (a), headboard (b), and round side rails (c-f). Original red and black graining and stencil decoration on headboard and blanket bar. Circa 1830-1860. 1830-1860 image https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/M3IMAGE/IMAGES/Finished%20Sort%20of%20Images/Artifacts/Collections/Montgomery's%20Inn/Montgomery's%20Inn-Object%20ID%20Imagery/Slip%20Bedroom/975.37.6a-f.JPG Rope bed length 186.1 width 128.3 height 119.4 false 71164 https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/SCRIPTS/MWIMAIN.DLL/151329150/2/2/71164?RECORD&DATABASE=COLLECTIONS 977.121.36 Sideboard Montgomery's Inn mahogany brass Furniture 2: Furnishings Storage & Display Furniture Sideboard Early Empire style mahogany twin pedestal sideboard with acanthus leaf carving. Fitted with one long and two short drawers to the apron. Doors with recessed panels on each pedestal. Similar in design and detail to illustration in Smith's Cabinetmaker and Upholsterer's Guide. Locks are marked "WR" for William Rex, British monarch. Circa 1830-1837.

This sideboard was made for "Millwood", the Thomas Fisher home which stood on what is now Kingsway Crescent in Lambton Mills, Etobicoke Township. 1830 circa-1837 circa image https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/M3IMAGE/IMAGES/Finished%20Sort%20of%20Images/Artifacts/Collections/Montgomery's%20Inn/Montgomery's%20Inn-Object%20ID%20Imagery/Dining%20Room/977.121.36.JPG Twin pedestal mahogany sideboard length 203.2 width 104.2 height 129.6 depth 58.5 false 71185 https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/SCRIPTS/MWIMAIN.DLL/151329150/2/3/71185?RECORD&DATABASE=COLLECTIONS L977.169.1 Sign Montgomery's Inn wood wrought iron paint Visual Communication T&E 6: Tools & Equipment for Communication Visual Communication Devices Sign Original wood sign from Montgomery's Inn. "T Montgomery's Inn" painted in white on front with image below depicting two horses and a man with a plow. "T. Montgomery's Inn" and an image of a plow painted in white on back. Original scroll ironwork in the shape of a Roman shield motif popular in the period. Circa 1830. 1830 circa-1830 circa image https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/M3IMAGE/IMAGES/Finished%20Sort%20of%20Images/Artifacts/Collections/Montgomery's%20Inn/MI_L977_168_1_Sign_AT_041_recto_overall.JPG Wood shield-shaped sign with iron border. White painted text above a man with a plow and two horses. width 101.6 height 122 false 71240 https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/SCRIPTS/MWIMAIN.DLL/151329150/2/4/71240?RECORD&DATABASE=COLLECTIONS 978.67.4 Clock, Tall Case Montgomery's Inn pine brass Timekeeping T&E 5: Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology Clock Clock, Floor Clock, Tall Case Country Chippendale style tall case pine clock. English eight day movement with three metal weights and a brass pendulum. White painted dial with scene above. Black Roman numerals. North American case. Circa 1820-1840. Original graining was removed in the 1920s and was restored in 1984 based upon remaining graining on the inside of the case. Graining does not a simulate a particular wood but resembles mahogany in colour. Clock is likely original to Montomgery's Inn and there is a record of a clock being brought to the Inn in 1838 or 1839. 1820-1840 image https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/M3IMAGE/IMAGES/Finished%20Sort%20of%20Images/Artifacts/Collections/Montgomery's%20Inn/Montgomery's%20Inn-Object%20ID%20Imagery/Front%20Hall/978.67.4.JPG Tall case clock. White painted dial with black Roman numerals and scene above. height 215.9 false 71583 https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/SCRIPTS/MWIMAIN.DLL/151329150/2/5/71583?RECORD&DATABASE=COLLECTIONS 987.49.2 Pants Montgomery's Inn wool Clothing 3: Personal Artifacts Main Garments Pants Wooll pants made of double twill weave (cavalry twill) fulled cloth in a mid beige (camelhair) colour. Originally fine gentleman's trousers, they eventually became working clothes. Found at Montgomery's Inn in the attic jammed between 2 joists in 1973. They may have been stuffed in the attic in the 19th century to stop birds from nesting. After they had been discarded by their last owner they became the home of many rodents, birds, webbing clothes moths and other bugs. Insect damage was extensive, with large areas, such as the back gusset, completely consumed. Had the trousers not been so extensively patched with cotton and linen fabrics, it might have been impossible to distinguish their shape. In their working lifetime, the trousers had acquired seventeen different patches, using ten different fabrics in addition to the wool twill of the original construction. The quality of the needlework in these repairs varies considerably. Signs of wear are in predictable areas: seat, knees (frequently re-patched), hem of legs (particularly at inside seam). A coarse lining was inserted inside the seat after the patches were attached, and the front fall was completely covered by a patch. The watch pocket was sewn up and removed. When found, the trousers were quite fragile, so some areas were stabilized by basting them to a nylon net. 1830s image https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/M3IMAGE/IMAGES/Finished%20Sort%20of%20Images/Artifacts/Collections/Montgomery's%20Inn/987.49.2/Montgomery%20Pant%20-%20Overall%20recto/987.49.2.Overallrecto2.jpg Patched and worn beige trousers false 71849 https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/SCRIPTS/MWIMAIN.DLL/151329150/2/6/71849?RECORD&DATABASE=COLLECTIONS 989.258.180 Stand, Floor Montgomery's Inn pine Furniture 2: Furnishings Support Furniture Stand, Floor Pine speaker's box stained brown. Hinged door at back. The three pieces of wood from around the top of the box are original circa 1838 and were found in the Inn's attic. The rest of the box is a circa 1975 reconstruction based upon drawings by architecture students of Eric Arthur circa 1933. Willie Chung, who was born at the Inn in 1937 and lived there until 1945, remembered his mother, Lillie, chopping up most of the speaker's box for firewood one winter. 1838-1975 circa image https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/M3IMAGE/IMAGES/Finished%20Sort%20of%20Images/Artifacts/Collections/Montgomery's%20Inn/Montgomery's%20Inn-Object%20ID%20Imagery/Assembly%20Room/989.258.180.JPG Pine speaker's box length 110 width 91.5 height 121.5 false 72917 https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/SCRIPTS/MWIMAIN.DLL/151329150/2/7/72917?RECORD&DATABASE=COLLECTIONS 2002.461.1 Pitcher Montgomery's Inn ceramic Food Service T&E 4: Tools & Equipment for Materials Serving Vessels Vessel, Drink Serving Pitcher Ceramic, beige pitcher. Body hand-painted with under glazed, multi-colour decoation. The decorated panel depicts an English farm scene with a farmer, farm buildings, animals and implements, including cart, horse drawn plough, harrows, pitchforks and hayrake. Within a circular wreath on body of pitcher, on either side of handle, is inscribed in brown "Nathaniel Pearson, Wharton, Warwickshire" and "Success to the Plough 1798". The Pitcher has a round cylindrical collar and spout, decorated with a narrow cobalt-blue hand on the rim and blue-gold-painted leaf foliage. It is supported by the round bulbous body. The base tapers slightly towards the bottom. Applied scrolled handle with cobalt blue feathering on the thumb rest. 1798-1798 image https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/M3IMAGE/Images/Finished%20Sort%20of%20Images/Artifacts/Collections/Montgomery's%20Inn/Montgomery's%20Inn-Object%20ID%20Imagery/Bar%20Room/2002.461.1.JPG Pitcher with multi-colour painted farm scene and inscription in brown. width 20.4 height 20.4 false 74046 https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/SCRIPTS/MWIMAIN.DLL/151329150/2/8/74046?RECORD&DATABASE=COLLECTIONS 977.166.1-.2 Sword Scabbard, Sword Montgomery's Inn steel brass leather Armaments 5: Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology Edged Weapons Sword Dress sword (.1) and scabbard (.2) owned by Thomas Montgomery and made by Joseph Starkey and Company, Conduit Street, London, England. Brittish 1845 Pattern Infantry Officer's sword, circa 1845-1854. Sword blade embellished with an etched decorative design. At the hilt end is a six pointed star with a brass rivet maked "Proved". Part of the shield is hinged to allow hilt to rest on a flat surface. It is fitted with a pommel (thumb rest). On the brass shield is a pierced crest with a crown on the top intertwined with scrolls and the letters "VR". At the base is a thistle, shamrock and rose. Scabbard is shaped to fit sword, made with black leather stitched down one side along the length. Protective brass fittings at both ends. At pointed end brass fitting measures 7-3/4" long; at hilt end brass measures 4-3/8" long with a brass ring attached. Reproduction tassel. Conduit Street Joseph Starkey and Company 1845-1854 image https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/M3IMAGE/IMAGES/Finished%20Sort%20of%20Images/Artifacts/Collections/Montgomery's%20Inn/977.166.1-2_view_1.JPG a sword and scabbard length 96.6 false 88149 https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/SCRIPTS/MWIMAIN.DLL/151329150/2/9/88149?RECORD&DATABASE=COLLECTIONS AJGV-29.UNCATALOGUED 1 Bowl, Eating Archaeology ceramic Food Service T&E 4: Tools & Equipment for Materials Eating Vessels Bowl, Eating Partly reconstructed bowl, bearing blue underglaze makers marks to base. Of a green glazed ware almost celadon in colour, but not true celadon ware. Two such bowls were recovered archaeologically from the Montgomery Inn's site in Etobicoke. Chinese-Canadian market gardeners lived and worked on the site for over two decades. Tom Yen, Chong Jong and other tenant farmers left behind domestic ceramics and glass of Asian origin. 1922-1945 image https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/M3IMAGE/IMAGES/Finished%20Sort%20of%20Images/Artifacts/Archaeology/AjGv-29_uncatalogued_bowl_2_001.JPG Two green sherds of ceramic bowl image https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/M3IMAGE/IMAGES/Finished%20Sort%20of%20Images/Artifacts/Archaeology/AjGv-29_uncatalogued_bowl_2_002.JPG undersides of two green sherds of cermaic bowl length 10.4 width 8.5 height 4.5 false 88150 https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/SCRIPTS/MWIMAIN.DLL/151329150/2/10/88150?RECORD&DATABASE=COLLECTIONS AJGV-29.UNCATALOGUED 2 Bowl, Eating Archaeology ceramic Food Service T&E 4: Tools & Equipment for Materials Eating Vessels Bowl, Eating Partly reconstructed food bowl, bearing blue underglaze makers marks to base. Green glaze ware almost celadon in colour but not true celadon ware. Two such bowls were recovered archaeologically from the Montgomery Inn's site in Etobicoke. Chinese-Canadian market gardeners lived and worked on the site for over two decades. Tom Yen, Chong Jong and other tenant farmers left behind domestic ceramics and glass of Asian origin. 1922-1945 image https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/M3IMAGE/IMAGES/Finished%20Sort%20of%20Images/Artifacts/Archaeology/AjGv-29_uncatalogued_bowl_1_001.JPG Green ceramic fragment with blue printing length 7.7 width 6.5 height 3.7 false 91913 https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/SCRIPTS/MWIMAIN.DLL/151329150/2/11/91913?RECORD&DATABASE=COLLECTIONS 2019.15.1 Announcement, Meeting paper Documentary Artifacts 8: Communication Artifacts Declaratory Documents Announcement Announcement, Meeting Manuscript legal document, titled A Summons I/for the Boundary// Commissioners II And Jn Montgomery” on exterior lower centre panel. Brown ink on wove paper. Originally folded in sixths, then quarters. Damaged and discoloured along folds; some losses from creasing, no postmark or seal present. Sheet slightly irregular, approximately 12 ½ x 8 1/4 inches.
Order for a witness, Samuel Richardson, to appear before the Boundary Commissioners for the Home District (Andrew Bigham, John Giles, William Giles, and James Thomson - commissioners) on 25 November 1841, sitting at Montgomery’s Inn, Etobicoke Township, to give evidence on a dispute between William Gamble and others (claimants) and John Moore
(respondent). 1841-1841 image https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/M3IMAGE/IMAGES/Finished%20Sort%20of%20Images/Artifacts/2019/2019.15/2019.15.1_front.JPG Announcement, Meeting image https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/M3IMAGE/IMAGES/Finished%20Sort%20of%20Images/Artifacts/2019/2019.15/2019.15.1_inside.JPG Announcement, Meeting length 32 width 21.2 default https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/SCRIPTS/MWIMAIN.DLL/151329150/2/1?DELETEORDER&COOKIE=BOOKMARK&DATABASE=SELECTION_LIST https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/SCRIPTS/MWIMAIN.DLL/151329150/2/1?ADDSELECTION&COOKIE=BOOKMARK&DBNAME=DESCRIPTION https://toronto.minisisinc.com/scripts/mwimain.dll/151329150?SHOWORDERLIST&COOKIE=BOOKMARK&NEW=Y