General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 COPPER PLATE MOUNTED ON WOOD;.2 ZINC PLATE MOUNTED ON WOOD

Dimensions

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

Length

10.5 cm

Width

1.7 cm

Height

2.4 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Marine Transportation

Category

Miscellaneous

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1860'S TO 1890'S

Canada

CANOE PLATE USED TO ADVERTISE CANOES MADE BY DANIEL HERALD, AN EARLY BUILDER OF 'CANADIAN CANOES' AND DESIGNER OF THE 'HERALD PATENT' MOULD FOR BUILDING CEDARCANOES AND HIS COMPANY.

Function

USED TO TRANSFER IMAGES TO PAPER BY MEANS OF INK AND A PRINTING PRESS. THE CANOE PLATE WAS USED TO ADVERTISE 'D. HERALD' AND 'HERALD & HUTCHISON' PRODUCTS [REF. 2]

Technical

.1 IS AN IMAGE OF THE "HERALD PATENT" CEDAR CANOE. HERALD DEVELOPED A TECHNIQUE OF DOUBLE-SKIN CONSTRUCTION, IN WHICH HIS PATENT MOULD WAS THE KEY. THIS TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION WAS VALUED FOR ITS EXCEPTIONAL STRENGTH & RESULTING SMOOTH INNER SKIN. [REF. 1]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 NO MARKINGS/.2 STAMPED INTO WOOD ON SIDE: '0540'/ NUMBERS BY THE OBJECTS DEPICTED ON PLATE/ HANDWRITTEN ON SIDE OF BLOCK: 'Rice Lake Canoe Co'

Missing

N/A

Finish

Unknown

Decoration

.1 LINE ENGRAVING OF HERALD PATENT STYLE CANOE/.2 LINE ENGRAVING OF VARIOUS HARDWARE ACCESSORIES FOR CANOES