PRICELESS

July / August 2010

ANTIQUING IN WESTERN CANADA UNKTIQUES LTD. Specialists in "as found" pine furniture, architectural rarities, religious artifacts and more.

Furniture Repairs & Refinishing

Ask us About ‘Custom Built’ Antiques

Closed Mon & Tues 1226 - 9 AVE SE CALGARY, AB CANADA (403) 263-0619 www.junktiques.ca • email: [email protected] HEIRLOOMS ANTIQUES CALGARY Calgary’s Premiere Antique Store

Furniture, Linen, Art, Pictures, Lighting, and over 50 showcases of Jewellery, Figurines, China, Crystal, Glass, Sterling Silver, Moorcroft, Lalique, Toys, Dolls

7004 MacLeod Trail SE Calgary, AB T2H 0L3 (403) 720 4100 (403) 301 4822 Tue - Sat 10 to 5pm Sun Noon - 4pm www.antiquescalgary.com Bud Haynes & Co. Auctioneers Ltd. Flea Market UPCOMING AUCTIONS Ph: 403-347-5855 Antique Show & Sale ‘10 www.budhaynesauctions.com Annual Premier Firearms Auction The Following Saturdays Saturday August 21 at 9:00am Aug 14 ♦ Oct 9 Preview Friday August 20th, 3:00 - 8:00pm Still taking consignments. Catalogues Available. Show Times are from 8:30am - 4:30pm Call Jim or Linda 403-347-5855, evenings 403-343-2929. Admission: $1.50 Table Rental Price: $30 Antique Auction Tuesday September 28 at 6:30pm Preview September 28 4:30 - Sale Large Personal Collection of Gladys Procyshen, Flea Market is open EVERY Weekend & Holidays including the Estate of Nestor Procyshen of Wetaskiwin, AB Catalogues available, Call to order 9:00am - 4:30pm Check the website for more details and upcoming auctions. 365 Tables of Antique, New & Used Items Bay 5, 7429 - 49 Ave, Red Deer, AB Do you have adequate insurance on your antiques? We are qualified to do certified appraisals. 604-685-8843 For Insurance Evaluations, Matrimonial Appraisals & Estate Planning contact: 703 Terminal Avenue, Vancouver, BC V6A 2M2 Linda (Haynes) Baggaley C.P.P.A.G. 3 Short Blocks from the Main Street Science Centre Station (Certified Appriaser & Auctioneer), President of Bud Haynes & Co. for Discreet enquiries, with no oblication.

Where On Earth ANTIQUE ...did you get that? MALL

325 Edmonton Trail South, Airdrie, AB HOURS 15 Minutes North of Calgary, 15,000 sq. ft. Wheel chair friendly, wide isles. Mon - Sat .... 10:00 - 6:00 (403) 948-3669 Sunday...... 12:00 - 4:00

Alberta’s ­nest antique mall with quality antique furniture and collectibles.

Come and see why hundreds of our customers have told us, “This is the best antique mall I have seen in a long time!”

4 • www.DiscoveringANTIQUES.com Discovering Table of ANTIQUES VOLUME 12 - NO. 3 2010 Contents

Publisher

Discovering ANTIQUES 10 wilf carter

Editor 18 shows & auctions Jan Mather

Layout & Ad Design 20 tools of the trade www.crystalink.ca

Contributing Writers 28 french connection II Fred Hauck

Susan Holme Manyluk 34 discovering us near you Catharina VanTooren

Front Cover: A picture of Wilf Carter, with his daughters, Sheila (left) and Carol. In the top left SUBSCRIBE NOW! corner you can see where it was signed, “Montana Slim.”

Discovering Antiques is published five times a year. No part of this publication may be reproduced without the express written consent of Discovering ANTIQUES Discovering Antiques assumes no Call Toll Free: responsibility for lost material. (888) 705-8978 For Advertising/Subscription Info: $20.00*/YR. 5 ISSUES - *GST Included Toll Free: 1-888-705-8978 Ph.: (403) 281-0413 Name

Fax: (403) 238-6923 Address

email: [email protected] City Province or write to: Discovering Antiques Postal Code 60 Cedardale Road SW, Calgary Phone Please make cheque or money order payable to: Alberta CANADA • T2W 5G5 Discovering ANTIQUES 60 Cedardale Road SW, Calgary, AB T2W 5G5 www.discoveringantiques.com Email: [email protected]

July / August 2010 • 5 6 • www.DiscoveringANTIQUES.com July/August 2010 • 7 Coin & Antique Currency

F A R Liquidation M

E A S T U A T T E O

1235 - 1 Ave, Wainwright, Alberta It’s our attention to detail that sets us apart! SCRIBNER AUCTION LTD. 780-842-5666 www.scribnernet.com

820 Victoria Ave Ph: (306) 653-4033 Mon - Sat 10:00 to 6:00 Appraisal of Antiques

616 - 10th Street E. Ph: (306) 653-2969 Mon - Sat 10:00 to 5:00 Over 4,000 sq. Œ. of Quality Antiques

STOREFRONT CLOSED Trade Shows Only Ph: (306) 244-7229 Cell: (306) 227-9001 May 15 & 16 - Archway Antique & Collectible Sale, Regina, SK

8 • www.DiscoveringANTIQUES.com

Wilf Carter and the Calgary Stampede Connection by Fred Hauck, Collector, Redcliff, AB

Some of my earliest memories as a kid revolve around music; my Dad was very musical. He sang and played the guitar. He also bought records, 8-track and cassette tapes. In all cases there was a common denominator – Wilf Carter. Growing up, my Dad thought that Wilf Carter was the greatest singer ever; as did many others in western Canada. As a kid, I heard Wilf Carter regularly on the record player or on the 8-track player in our 1975 Chevrolet Impala, or on CFAC radio. As a family we did see Wilf in concert on several occasions. The last time I saw Wilf Carter was at the 1988 Calgary Stampede. Wilf was no stranger to the Stampede. He had performed there many times since the 1920’s. 10 • www.DiscoveringANTIQUES.com Here is his story: Wilfred Arthur Charles Carter was born, December 18, 1904, the son of a Baptist minister at Port Hilford, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia. From an early age Wilf had a strong work ethic. There wasn’t a lot of money in the household; so Wilf, being one of the older children, went out to work to bring home money for the family. Wilf teamed oxen with a walking plow, picked apples in the orchards in Canning, Nova Scotia, and milked cows for a neighbour, John Tingley. Milking cows earned Wilf 25¢ a day. In 1916, walking home one day he noticed a poster on a telephone pole advertising a variety show that was coming to town. The last name on the poster was “The Yodeling Fool.” Not knowing anything about the man, Wilf was intrigued. Admission to the show was 25¢. When he got home, Wilf asked his father if he could keep 25¢ of his milking money to go to the show. His dad said. “No. It takes every 25¢ to keep the wolf from the door.” However, you guessed it; Wilf kept 25¢ back and went to the show anyway. The Postcard 1938 Promoting wilf Carter’s latest song book. Yodeling Fool made such an impression on him that he practised yodeling on the way home. When he got enough religion on Sundays then I should take you out there, he received a spanking from his father. This did behind the wood shed and teach you a lesson about not deter him, and he continued to practise yodeling religion on Sundays.” Wilf’s reply was, “I’m too old for every chance he got; very much against his parents’ you to be hitting me.” And his father replied, “If you wishes. are too old for me to be hitting you then you are too As a young boy he would come home from work old to be living in my house. Get out!” Wilf was only totally exhausted. One evening his dad asked why Wilf 12 ½ years old. He slept in a ditch that night and went wasn’t at the mid-week prayer meeting. His sister tried to work milking cows the next day. The farmer and his to defend him but his dad said, “If you think you get wife gave Wilf a place to stay until he decided to head out west. This was definitely a turning point for Wilf. In the 1920’s there were “Harvest Excursions.” Eastern folks headed west by rail to help with the harvesting in the vast western grain fields. A penniless Wilf got a farm job working for Merle Anderson at Carbon, Alberta. Merle Anderson also had a

Continued on Page 12

Wilf Carter’s ranch in Cremona, AB.

July/August 2010 • 11 Ride” as a tribute to his friend. During those years, Wilf also performed on CFCN Calgary Radio as part of the Old Timers Group. This paid $5.00 per show… much needed money. Wilf’s big break came in December 1933 when he was given the opportunity to perform on the Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd. cruise ship, The Empress of Britain, which was sailing to the West Indies. On his way to the ship, he was told to stop at the RCA Victor recording studios in Montreal to make a demonstration record. Wilf had written both of the songs he chose to record; “Swiss Moonlight Lullaby” and “The Capture of Albert Johnson.” The first song featured some spectacular yodeling which Wilf had developed. Until this time, yodeling had been very simple, but while working in the Badlands, Wilf had

1947 Simpson catalogue guitar. practised his yodeling into canyons which echoed back. Wilf tried to imitate the “echo” yodels and this chuckwagon outfit that he competed with annually at the Calgary Stampede. Once comfortable on a horse, Continued on Page 14 Wilf took on the job of outrider for the Anderson rig; all the while, singing and yodeling. Wilf played for dances and charged $5.00 an event. Wilf also took on the job of eardown man (one of the three-man team takes the horse’s ear in his mouth which is supposed to calm the horse) in the Stampede’s Wild Horse Race. The third event, the Wild Cow Milking Contest, Wilf tackled with his partner and good friend, Dick Cosgrave. Dick was also a chuckwagon driver and many time race winner who would later take on the position of Arena Director (at the Calgary Stampede) from Jack Dillon. Wilf become good friends with many Stampede legends like chuckwagon driver Tommy Dorchester and bronc riders Pete Knight, Harry Knight and Herman Linder. Wilf wrote many songs during that time such as “He Rode the Strawberry Roan” which is about Harry Knight; and “Pete Knight King of the Cowboys.” Pete was the person who convinced Wilf to quit the rodeo at the end of that year and Wilf agreed. On May 23, 1937 (the same year) Pete was killed at a rodeo in Hayward, California. Wilf wrote the song “Pete Knight’s Last Calgary Stampede Parade Marshal

12 • www.DiscoveringANTIQUES.com The Old Farm ANTIQUESOld Castle & COLLECTIBLES

Hours: Antiques Monday - SAturday Gifts 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Greenhouse www.TheOldFarm.ca 4913 - 49 Street, ELK POINT, ALBERTA Cold Lake, AB Email: [email protected] 5509 - 54th Ave 780-724-4192 ≈ 780-645-9678 780-594-5912 or 780-594-3423

July/August 2010 • 13 was when the double and triple yodels were born. Wilf’s Bobby Cosgrave, a chuckwagon driver and the son of first recording was an instant success and RCA wanted Dick Cosgrave. In 1969, Wilf wrote the song “Bouncing more. Both CBC radio in Canada and CBS radio in New Bobby” about him. When Wilf finished writing the York had Wilf under contract for a while; and it was at song, he performed it for Bob over the telephone from CBS radio that the name “Montana Slim” was created. Florida to get his approval. Wilf debuted this song in Wilf often commented that, “CBS didn’t like Wilf Carter Drumheller with Bobby in attendance. as a name; funny, Mother did.” While in New York he Wilf Carter was inducted into the Calgary married a nurse, Bobbie Bryan. He told CBS officials Breweries Horseman’s Hall of Fame; the Banff Wax that he wanted to show his new bride the ranch he Museum; the Juno Hall of Fame (1985); the Canadian owned at Cremona, Alberta (close to Carstairs). Wilf, Country Music Hall of Fame (1987); the Nova Scotia always the cowboy, had bought a 320-acre ranch in Music Hall of Fame; and the Nashville Song Writers 1936 and leased another 320 acres. When he left New Hall of Fame (1973). York with Bobbie, he had the number one radio show Even though Wilf lived many years in Florida on CBS radio. and Arizona, he always maintained an apartment in On Wilf and Bobbie’s trip to Alberta, another Calgary and an acreage outside Calgary where he kept important turning point occurred in Wilf’s life. While horses. One horse, Blaze, accompanied Wilf to Expo 67 driving through Shelby, Montana, Wilf was involved in Montreal where rodeo legend Fred Herman Linder in a motor vehicle collision. This, I am sure, is not a from Cardston, Alberta, was asked to put on a rodeo at fact known to many fans. Wilf was laid up for almost Expo 67. As part of that rodeo, Wilf Carter provided the 10 years. He recuperated on his ranch, where he and entertainment. Bobbie raised two daughters, Sheila and Carol. Continued on Page 16 When he was fully recovered, Wilf and his two daughters went on the road as “The Family Show with the Folks You Know.” The girls played the accordion, guitar and danced. Throughout the 1950’s Wilf’s show drew large crowds across Canada. In the 1960’s Wilf was working alone again as his daughters had chosen to leave show business. In 1961, Wilf and Hank Snow played at the Calgary Stampede. This was thanks to D’Arcy Scott Attractions and the admission was $1.50 and $1.25. Wilf wrote many songs about the Calgary Stampede. The Stampede did claim one of Wilf’s songs, “The Calgary Roundup” as their official song for sometime. In 1964, Wilf was finally asked to perform solo for the large crowds at the Grandstand Show. This, he often said, was a great thrill for him. In 1984, Wilf was asked to be the Parade Marshall for the Calgary Stampede Parade, again, a real honour. Wilf always maintained a great many friends at the annual event. One such friend was Wilf Carter with author Fred Hauk just a few years ago!

14 • www.DiscoveringANTIQUES.com BACKSTREET new furniture home decor antiques

Our shipment of new furniture from the Brambles Furniture Company has just arrived. These reproduction pieces come in many finishes, some are natural wood colors and some are painted and distressed in red, sage green, blue, white, black & cream color.

Westerose, AB ~ OPEN DAILY: 10:00am-5:00pm (South Pigeon Lake) 28km west of Hwy #2 on #13 (780) 586-0733 www.backstreetantique.com

• Specializing in Victorian Furniture • Militaria, focusing on WWI, WWII, and Maritime Related Items • Huge Selection of Fenton, Many Artists and Family Signature Pieces • Now Carrying Metropolitan Loose Teas

Royal Albert DISCONTINUED Patterns All English Back Stamps: Blossom Time, Petit Point, American Beauty, Tranquility, Diminity Rose, Glamis Thistle, Silver Birch and many other patterns available Paragon - Victoriana Rose, Shelley - Begonia. Tea Pots & Coffee Pots Moorcroft Pottery

4710 - 50th Ave. (Main St.) Leduc, Alberta • (780) 986-1940

July/August 2010 • 15 to say it was out of my price range!). This is one Wilf Carter collectable that has eluded me. If anyone has any information about acquiring one, please contact me, or contact Discovering ANTIQUES. One last note – no other single music artist, in any category of music, has had as many tribute songs and complete tribute albums done about them as Wilf Carter has had. The most recent one, that I am aware of, was done by a friend of mine Eli Barsi, as Wilf was one of her favourites. The album, “Darn Hard to Tame” is very well done and features some of my favourites and some yodeling. Thanks for the tribute, Eli.

Wilf did his last show, at age 87, Saturday June 13, 1991 in Trochu Alberta. He wanted to play the small towns that he had played in during the 1930’s. Wilf passed away December 4, 1996, at the age of 91. He had had a 60-year recording career, which was quite an accomplishment. Hundreds of records were produced during that time (78, 331/3 and 45 rpm), as well as eleven song books and a great many souvenir programs and pictures. In 1949, the Eaton’s department store actually sold a Wilf Carter Hillbilly outfit, and a guitar with a painted image of Wilf Carter, accompanied by song books for $9.95. These are not a common item. I have only seen one on eBay (needless

16 • www.DiscoveringANTIQUES.com VINTAGE Antiques Porcelain, MILDRED’S sterling Antiques & silver,

CLOSED Collectibles glass, MONDAYS linens and • BUY • SELL some furniture. LARGE WELL DISPLAYED SHOWROOM OF QUALITY ANTIQUE FURNITURE Recaning HUGE SELECTION OF CHINA done on site. • Royal Albert • Spode • Shelley • Dresden • Rosenthal • Limoges • Nippon • Noritake Wednesday - Saturday 11:00 - 4:00 Current & Discontinued Authorized Dealers of: • Royal Doulton •Coalport • Walt Disney • Cherished Teddies • Olszewski Miniatures • Hummel 14916 Stony Plain Road • Country Artists • Moorcroft Edmonton, AB (780) 438-0368 (780) 484-7265 6814 - 104 Street, Edmonton, AB T6E 2L6

Rocky Mountain Quality & Quantity Antique Mall Dealing Exclusively 12,000 Square Feet of Antiques & Collectibles in Furniture

Arts & Crafts Mantle with Clock bevelled mirror on order oo Alberta’s Favourite $5,600. Antique Mall 7025 - 103 St. (Gateway Blvd.) (780) 452-4787 Edmonton, AB (780) 485-0020 14423 - 123 Avenue Edmonton, AB T5L 2Y1 Toll Free: 1-866-485-0020 www.rockymountainantiquemall.com www.atticaantiques.com

July/August 2010 • 17 Discover Rare Treasures 2010 Shows & Auctions

July 18 �������������21st Century Flea Market *Sept. 4, 5 ��������Kerrisdale Antiques Fair Croatian Cultural Centre, Vancouver, BC Kerrisdale Arena, Vancouver, BC *July 24 ������������Auction: Real Estate & Contents: Sept. 11 ������������AACCA Arms Show incl. Antiques/Collectibles Thornecliffe-Greenview Community Hall, Calgary, AB Scribner Auction Ltd., Wainwright, AB Sept. 12 ������������Historical Arms Collectors Society of BC July 11 �������������Historical Arms Collectors Society of BC Trade Show Trade Show Operating Engineers Hall, Burnaby, BC Operating Engineers Hall, Burnaby, BC *Sept. 18, 19 ����8th Annual Antiques, Collectibles & Furniture Show & Sale July 18 �������������21st Century Flea Market The Stockade, Swift Current, SK Croatian Cultural Centre, Vancouver, BC Bud Haynes & Co. Auctioneers, Red Deer, AB Sept. 19 ������������21st Century Flea Market Croatian Cultural Centre, Vancouver, BC *July 24 ������������Auction: Real Estate & Contents: incl. *Sept. 28 ����������Auction: Fall Antique Auction Antiques/Collectibles Bud Haynes & Co. Auctioneers, Red Deer, AB Scribner Auction Ltd., Wainwright, AB Oct. 2 ���������������First Canadian Collectors Club’s *July 31, Aug. 1 �Springbank Antique Arms & Collectors Antiques & Collectibles Show & Sale Show & Sale Thornecliffe-Greenview Community Hall, Calgary, AB Springbank Park All Season Rec. Facility, Oct. 2, 3 ����������� Springbank, AB 8th Annual Antique Show & Sale & 3rd Annual Gun & Hobby Show & Sale July 31-Aug. 2 ���Antiques on The Creek Exhibition Grounds Pavilion, Medicine Hat, AB Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village, Pincher Creek, AB Oct. 2, 3 �����������Harvest Country Drive *Aug. 6 �������������Auction: Coin & Currency Auction Central Alberta www.countrydrive.ca Scribner Auction Ltd., Wainwright, AB *Oct. 3 ��������������Antique & Collectible Sale of Dolls, Teddy *Aug. 7 �������������Auction: Antique Auction Bears & Toys Scribner Auction Ltd., Wainwright, AB Alberta Aviation Museum, Edmonton, AB Aug. 7, 8 �����������Summertime Country Drive *Oct. 9 ��������������Vancouver Flea Market Antique Show & Central Alberta www.countrydrive.ca Sale *Aug. 14 �����������Vancouver Flea Market Antique Show & Sale Vancouver, BC Vancouver, BC Oct. 10 �������������Historical Arms Collectors Society of BC *Aug. 21 �����������Auction: Annual Premiere Firearms Trade Show Auction Operating Engineers Hall, Burnaby, BC Bud Haynes & Co. Auctioneers, Red Deer, AB Oct. 24 �������������Retro Design & Antiques Fair Aug. 21, 22 �������Historical Arms Collectors Society of BC Croatian Cultural Centre, Vancouver, BC Trade Show Oct. 31 �������������Victoria Toy Show Operating Engineers Hall, Burnaby, BC Winspear Centre, Sydney, BC

*Indicates ad in this issue. Discovering Shows is a complimentary listing. Contact us regarding your event at: toll free: 1-888-705-8978 or (403) 281-0413, Fax: (403) 238-6923, email: [email protected]. For the most up-to-date listings visit www.DiscoveringAntiques.com 18 • www.DiscoveringANTIQUES.com Springbank Antique, Arms

Show& Collectors & Sale July 31st – Aug 1st

Military, Furniture, China, Glassware, Watches, Jewellery, Pottery, Ceramics, Guns, Military, Western & Native Artifacts and many more Treasures too numerous to list. Location: Springbank Park All Season Recreational Facility 32224 Springbank Rd. Travel west from Calgary on HWY 1 take the Calaway Park exit, Range road 33 then head south for almost 3K.

Sept. 4 & 5, 2010 Saturday:Show Times: 9:00am - 4:00pm Sunday: 10:00am –3:00pm

KirkFor More Information Contact Phone: 403-992-3330 Email: [email protected] Admission $7 • Free Parking • Cafe or Guy Phone: 403-637-2459 Email: [email protected] 604 980 3159 • www.21cpromotions.com

8th ANNUAL Antique & Collectible Antiques, Collectibles & Furniture SALE of SHOW & SALE Dolls, Teddy Bears and Toys September 18 & 19, 2010 Including accessories, clothing, patterns, furniture Saturday: 10am-6pm ~ Sunday: 10am-4pm The Stockade (Curling Rink) Sunday, October 3, 2010 South Railroad Street Alberta Aviation Museum 11410 Kingsway Avenue, Edmonton, AB Swift Current, SK 10:00am to 4:00pm Admission: $5.00 Presented by the China • Furniture • Canadiana Items • Comics Lamps • Coins • Vintage Linen Depression Glass & 30s, 40s, 50s Glass Pins • Sports Cards • Toys and lots more! See the World’s Largest Hockey Book (165lbs. - Guiness Book Record) Admission $3 • Free Parking • Concession Vendor Enquires Welcome For Information: Harvey @ Dealer inquires welcome: Ph/Fax: (306) 558-4802 Information: 780-485-3025 [email protected] http://dollclub.shawwebspace.ca

July/August 2010 • 19 Antiquing “The Tools of the Trade” by Susan Holme Manyluk, HolmeHus Antiques, Red Deer, AB

On May 29, 2010 I attended the Heritage Breeders Show and Sale at Sunnybrook Farm Museum. It was a really fun day, with lots of enthusiastic and interesting poultry people. I had no idea that so many old and rare breeds of domesticated fowl existed. Many have been brought back from near extinction by some of these people who care very passionately about preserving the past. A lot like certain antique collectors I can name! For any of you who may have forgotten – the last weekend of May was a 48-hour snowstorm. Here in Red Deer, we got at least 30 centimetres; some melted as it fell, but most lay in a cold, wet, over-the-ankles layer. Needless to say, that did cut into the attendance at the event. But, this did not deter the buyers, for breeders reported selling eighty percent of the many birds they had brought to the show, including day-old chicks that

Continued on Page 22 20 • www.DiscoveringANTIQUES.com Excellent Selection ~ FREE Specializing in TAROT CARD Victorian, Romantic READING (a $50 Value) & Country Styles with a minimum (403) 348-5527 purchase of $75 Open: Mon/Tues/Thurs/Fri/Sat Readings by Appointment Buy • Sell • Trade

#5, 5511 - 50th Ave (Gaetz Ave. S/B), Red Deer, AB T4N 4B8

Antiques & Collectibles

Open most Weekends, Holidays and Evenings or by Appointment

701 Secondary Highway 576 (North end of Drumheller) Drumheller, AB Susan Manyluk email: [email protected] Phone 403.347.0516 The Farm with the Good Food 2 Miles West of Red Deer, AB

July/August 2010 • 21 down an obscene amount of money for my egg scale at the Show and Sale. It IS only money, say I! We did get some extra traffic in the shop on Sunday, from folks too cold to linger and look, during Saturday’s white- out. Most notably, the two young ladies who deserve an award for being brave enough to show up in flip-flops, capris and sweaters, while the rest of us were having a huge parka party. Only in Alberta can we have fun like that after the leaves are out on the trees! In the last issue of Discovering ANTIQUES I promised to return to The Blooming Fields to tell you about some other “tools of the trade.” These were used by Pim van Oeveren in his native Holland in order to pursue his chosen calling as a nursery-man, landscape artist and Master Gardener. Pim, and his wife Mary- Ann own Blooming Fields, located between Olds and Didsbury just west of Hwy 2A. It’s in a lovely spot to enjoy lunch and a bit of shopping, purchase garden and landscape items, or to pick from their market

This antique (over 100 years old) highchair easily converts garden and fruit-growing areas, during the summer to a toddler’s play table. and fall. During the Summertime Country Drive were hustled from warm vehicle to warm vehicle with Showcase Weekend, August 7th and 8th, they will host amazing dispatch. a Sustainable Living Festival promoting a greener Our sales of egg-straordinary collectable items lifestyle, using ideas both old and new. were of course hampered by the inclement weather; If you indulge in a meal there, and are lucky since (even under a canopy) anything prone to water enough to have a toddler in your party, that little one damage or dampness was not worth unpacking. What there was the greatest interest in, were “the tools of Continued on Page 24 the trade.” Vintage egg collecting baskets, galvanized pails, egg crates from now-defunct hatcheries and egg-grading stations; and other old – but practical and functional – items garnered the most interest. We could probably have sold a dozen egg scales – everyone had to try the one and only model I have ever come across. It is a simple fulcrum balance scale, with a flat pan on one end with four holes, in one of which to park the egg. Its weight, of course, determines the size grade of that egg. I have tested the scale’s accuracy many times with store-bought eggs; a “small” is always a small, and it differentiates accurately between large and extra large.

Very simple, very accurate, very in demand. I turned Chair converted into a playtable

22 • www.DiscoveringANTIQUES.com

Ever after Ever after Antiques & Collectibles 4823—50th Ave. Alberta Beach Phone 780-237-3528

“Antiques at the Beach” Authentic Country Primitives, Folk art, Native Beadwork & so much more!

Antique and vintage Antiques & Collectibles furnishings, attire, adornments, “Antiques at the Beach” Authentic Country Primitives, glassware, decor, china, Folk Art, Native Beadwork & so much more! pottery, curiosities and more. 4823 – 50th Ave. Alberta Beach, AB Phone: 780-237-3528 Call or check our website for hours www.everafterantiques.com

CLASSIC EUROPEAN ANTIQUES Unique collection of European, American & Canadian Furniture, as well as Bronze Statues, Clocks, Lamps, Gramophones & Collectibles.

Visit our 7,000 SqFt Showroom: 13314 - 126 Avenue, Edmonton, AB T5L 3E1 (Just o St. Albert Trail & Yellowhead Trail) 780-482-4414 Toll Free: 1-877-482-4414 or contact Anneke at 780-699-7839 or [email protected]

St. Albert N Classic European Car Antiques Wholesale Sports Wash

126 Ave Hughes 133 St Yellowhead Trail Arby’s W (Hwy 16) E St. Albert Trail STORE HOURS Overpass TUES- FRI 11 - 5 pm S SAT - SUN 11 - 4 pm www.classiceuropeanantiques.com

July/August 2010 • 23 Victorian stencil on high chair will have the honour of sitting in Pim’s grandfather’s and rolled in a paper-thin slice of boiled smokehouse highchair – which is just a little bit over a hundred ham; this layered over some creamy scrambled eggs, years old. This particular chair has served numerous made from new-laid, free-range eggs still warm in your generations of Dutch babies, and is the most unique hands. This was apparently the favourite midnight and well preserved version I have ever seen. Made of supper of one of the last reigning French kings. Royal wood (beech or oak, perhaps), with some key metal fare, indeed! elements, it is very multipurpose. A true highchair Another fascinating vintage “tool of his trade” indeed, but it can also quickly be broken down and which Pim showed us, was a fruit-grafting lamp (my converted to a lovely toddler’s play table. This has a term). By burning alcohol, or in some case, coal oil, tabletop for reading or playing which is decorated it serves to keep a container of wax in a liquid state. by a really beautiful Victorian stencil and is still in This would then be used to seal the slit or notch in immaculate condition; as is all the original finish the bark of a living tree where a graft of a different on the chair. As well, this excellent example of Dutch variety of fruit tree has been inserted. Again, in Europe ingenuity can also serve as a “potty chair” - something it is quite common to graft one or more varieties of a that every aspiring two-year-old definitely needs to certain type of fruit tree onto a hardier rootstock or make training both fun and functional. trunk. The resulting branch or branches will continue In the gardening area, Pim was kind enough to to “bear true” in future years, while benefiting from share information about some of the tools he brought the hardier or common “parent” tree. The wax seal with him from Holland. A long steel implement with is essential on a new graft to keep in moisture and a wooden handle and a sharp, cutting edge, turned to keep out insects and diseases, until the jointure is out to be an asparagus harvester. This is used for grown over with a new layer of bark. Do be sure and ask reaching deep into the soil to cut the stems of the Pim for a demonstration and more explanation when blanched white asparagus which are considered such you visit their delightful Blooming Fields. Find them on a delicacy in Europe. Early in the spring, soil is heaped www.countrydrive.ca. or furrowed up over the rows where the plants grow. Another Country Drive member who has an Just as the surface of the soil starts to crack, indicating “antiquing option” as well as a wonderful product, the imminent emergence of the asparagus spear, the is Sylvan Star Cheese Farm. They are located 6 or 7 harvesting tool is used to go deep, slice through and lift kilometres west of us on Highway 11A about halfway it to the surface. White asparagus has a very distinct between Red Deer and Sylvan Lake. Their Dutch Gouda, flavour, quite different from our familiar green variety. Its wonderful when served lightly steamed, buttered Continued on Page 26

24 • www.DiscoveringANTIQUES.com Inglewood

Antiques We transform Antiques, Collectibles & Curios old stoves into treasured heirlooms!

SHANE MACDONALD 1221B - 9th Ave. SE, Calgary, AB Box 2544, Didsbury, AB T0M 0W0 TOLL FREE: 1-888-854-7859 (403) 264-9463 TEL/FAX: (403) 335-3905 • CELL: (403) 630-3925 email: [email protected] www.vintagestove.com

COZY COTTAGE INTERIORS Specializing in Country & Cottage Decor

Vintage Decor Furniture Lighting Linens Lodge Unique Gifts

Heritage Hill Shopping Centre Over 6,000 Sq. Ft. #162-8228 Macleod Tr. S.E. Calgary, AB 403-238-2767 www.cozyco
ageinteriors.ca

July/August 2010 • 25 They can also be found on www.countrydrive.ca. Tools of the trade…those things of a practical and totally functional nature that made hard jobs easier, faster and more efficient. When much of the work on the farm or ranch, in the kitchen and the home, was still done by hand, these were the tools that helped. They did not plug in, turn on, break down or give out the way modern conveniences so often do. Perhaps that is why many budding collectors are first intrigued by these work-a-day items. And if you don’t have asparagus to harvest, apple trees to graft, eggs to collect, or cheese to store, having a few “tools of the trade” just for display purposes, works too. These are reminders of the sense of accomplishment that results from hard work, the joy of good eating, or the pleasure of a job well done.

Wax Container

Gruyere and various Cheddars have won many awards and are sublime eating. Only the milk from their own dairy cows is used because they are handled and fed in the stress-free and healthful ways which were perfected in Holland for generations. While the cheese-making equipment and retail space are state-of-the-art, the recipes and cheese-making “knack” have been passed down in the family. Those people who favour artisan cheeses, local produce, naturally raised, hormone-free meat and rural shopping at a source like Sylvan Star Cheese; are also those people who place some degree of importance on cooking and serving such wonderful ingredients successfully. Thus a selection of vintage, out-of-print and all-time favourite cookbooks, is an excellent addition to their stock-in-trade. They also carry a few period cheese keepers, some old butter dishes, vintage milk pitchers and cream jugs, grated cheese dispensers and other collectable and functional “tools-of-the- cheese-trade.” Sylvan Star is indeed a place to do some antiquing, as well as sourcing locally grown groceries. Asparagus harvester

26 • www.DiscoveringANTIQUES.com JANtiques Selling antique and vintage items in a small orginal homestead house. Find ne furniture as well as shabby chic, vintage clothing & jewelery, china, books and Canadiana objects.

Open Tuesday-Sunday 10am - 5pm Closed Mondays

8 KM East of Lacombe, AB on Highway 12, then 2 KM South on Prentiss Road 403-782-5947

ANTIQUES, COLLECTABLES & MORE 4532 Hwy 12 East Lacombe, AB (403) 782-4719 WE ARE OPEN Tuesday - Friday 10:00am - 5:30pm Saturday Noon - 5:30pm Antique Mall Please call for long weekend hours. Vendor Space Giftware & Collectables 5008 - 50 Street, Lacombe, AB (403) 782-3191 NEW Location Sept. 7/10 www.lacombesecondhand.com 5009 - 49 Street, Lacombe, AB

July/August 2010 • 27 PART 2

TheA look at theFrench life and style of King ConnectionLouis XIV, XV and XVI by Catharina VanTooren, Roseberry Antiques, Calgary, AB

In the previous issue we stepped into the world of Louis XIV and had a glance at his way of life and his influence on the art of furniture making. In this issue we will conclude King Louis the XIV the Louis King this story by emphasizing some of the most important period furniture.

Although massive and robust in our eyes, each individual piece featured balance and symmetry. In furniture design the whole appearance of a room was taken into consideration. Furthermore, all types of upholstery and colours were in harmony.

28 • www.DiscoveringANTIQUES.com Let’s have a look inside the palace. The larger pieces of furniture such as cabinets, were named “manchettes.” At court the armchairs armoires, bureaus, dressoirs (dressers) and armchairs looked more like miniature thrones. Most chairs were were arranged in straight lines against the wall, but made of walnut. Used for upholstery were damask, small tables, card tables and tabourets (stools) could velour, brocade, needlework in gros or petit point be brought in on demand by the servants. and tapestries made by Gobelin and Aubusson. The The royal bed was a massive four-poster bed upholstery was secured by small pins and then covered with an abundance of expensive textiles and velours. with a glued-on strip of material, with or without The four corners were heavily decorated with vases fringe called gimp. This method is still applied today. containing ostrich feathers. Due to the summer heat After 1673 an armchair was designed with a and winter cold, all upholstery and tapestries were high back and two side panels, like elephant ears. The changed twice a year. This was a good thing, as the French called it a “siege en confessional,” a predecessor summer upholstery attracted, and thus contained, a of the bergere, and originally designed for the clergy lot of fleas and lice! to listen to confessions in a most comfortable way. In the early years of the reign of Louis XIV, chairs (Compare it with our wingback chair.) At court, only stayed very similar to the ones of his predecessor Louis the upper echelon of aristocracy was allowed to be XIII -- straight high backs, turned legs, underbracing seated. The middle class had to be satisfied with the and cross bars. But after circa 1665 the influence of use of a tabouret. And when you belonged to the lower le Brun was clearly noticeable. The legs of chairs were rank, all you could do was stand. occasionally S-curved (“os-de-mouton”). The feet The mirrored grand salon, Galerie des Glaces, looked like flattened bullets or animal claws. The H- or with its beautiful inlaid parquet floor featured many X-shaped cross stretchers had ornamental carving on trompe l’oeil scenes, depicting the acts and triumphs their intersection. Armrests were bent and elaborately of the King’s battles. Trompe l’oeil is a 3-dimensional carved. By the end of the 17th Century, there were optical illusion painted on walls, a technique still in even small cushions on the tips of the arms. These Continued on Page 30

July/August 2010 • 29 1661-1700 fashion today. The manicured gardens surrounding were ornately carved. This style was called Mazarin. the palace were reflected in the mirrors, bringing At the end of the 17th Century a new type of ‘nature’ in. Chandeliers of crystal and silver and the furniture was created by A. C. Boulle, namely the large silver candleholders called torchieres sparkled in commode. This type of chest had 3 or 4 drawers and the mirrors as well. At one point in time there were 76 the top was usually made from marble. It was alleged pieces of furniture made of pure silver. All silver wall A. C. Boulle also created the tall 2-door armoire, a low tables, tabourets, small settees and candleholders were, bookcase (130 cm high), the bas-d’armoire and the unfortunately in 1689, melted down to cover the king’s bureau-plat. The bas d’armoire or demi-buffet was a 2 debt. Afterwards it was forbidden to manufacture silver or 3 door middle high cabinet with or without drawers furniture. Instead, fancy wooden pieces were covered right under the (marble) top. A bureau-plat was a in 24 karat gold leaf. This was probably cheaper than small writing table with 1 or 2 shallow drawers directly silver – and thus, gilded furniture was invented! placed under the top. The legs were elegantly bent Wall tables and console tables were showpieces (cabriole) and decorated with gilded metal. Boulle was with lots of decorative carving on legs and the first to introduce this shape of legs around 1700 or underbracings. The top surface consisted of marble, shortly thereafter. It showed that the heavy Louis XIV- onyx, alabaster or Boulle marquetry. Bureaus showed style pieces were slowly losing ground. two pedestals on either side with a kneehole in the By the time Louis XIV was 62 years old (in 1700), middle. The heavily inlaid front panels could be straight or rounded. Legs and H-shaped underbracings Continued on Page 32

30 • www.DiscoveringANTIQUES.com VictoriaANTIQUES AND COLLECTABLESAlbert

We Recycle History & Heritage Find Antiques & Collectables to satisfy all your desires.

15244 Russell Ave., White Rock, BC V4B 2P6 Email: [email protected] Store Hours: Monday-Saturday 11:00am - 4:00pm 604-536-2270

QUALITY ANTIQUE FURNITURE Industrial Park, Invermere, BC V0A 1K5 AND COLLECTIBLES FROM (on the road to Panorama) CANADA, EUROPE, AND CHINA. Phone: 250.342.0707 • Fax: 250.342.9049 ARCHITECTURAL ITEMS FOR [email protected] • www.tepapanui.com HOME OR GARDEN. Joe & Elizabeth Klein Open Wednesday - Sunday Visit us: OR BY APPOINTMENT.

July/August 2010 • 31 Commode, Boulle Style. The Pictoral Encyclopedia of ANTIQUES he was tired of the court intrigues, the manipulations, the extravagant parties and the battles. His treasury chest was empty and he lost control over his decorators. Together with Madame de Maintenon, he escaped the hustle and bustle more and more and retreated to smaller and more intimate apartments at the palace or at Trianon, a little hide-away on the grounds of Versailles. A combination of the bourgeois preference of Madame de Maintenon and the fact that their living space was reduced significantly, slowly converted the King’s pompous taste. There was no more massive and elaborate furniture. There was a need for smaller and lighter pieces, the beginning of the style called French Regence. This period and that of Louis XV will be covered in an upcoming article. King Louis XIV died in 1715. He did not leave a full treasury chest, but he did leave a legacy.

Louis XIV Armoire b y Boulle. The Collectors Encyclopedia of ANTIQUES

32 • www.DiscoveringANTIQUES.com Archer’s Antiques

Furniture from the 1800’s and Custom Cabinetry

Buy ♦ Sell ♦ Trade ♦ Restorations

24 White Cres, Bragg Creek, AB Across from the Steak Pit Restaurant Open Thurs - Sun: 12:00 - 5:00pm, by appointment or chance. 403-949-3655 email: [email protected] ♦ www.antiquesalberta.ca

July/August 2010 • 33 Discovering us near you... 21st Century Promotions Ibon Antiques & Collectibles Red Deer Antiques Vancouver, BC (604) 980-3159 Edmonton, AB (780) 757-6777 Red Deer, AB (403) 348-5527 & Everything Nice Antiques & Inglewood Antiques Rocky Mountain Antique Mall Calgary, AB (403) 264-9463 Collectables Edmonton, AB (780) 485-0020 Lacombe, AB (403) 782-3191 Inside Avenue Antiques Inc. Roseberry Antiques Antique67.com Calgary, AB (403) 287-1988 Calgary, AB Antiques, Collectables & More JANtiques Scribner Auction Ltd. Lacombe, AB (403) 782-4719 Lacombe, AB (403) 782-5947 Wainwright, AB (780) 842-5666 Archer’s Antiques Junktiques Ltd. Bragg Creek, AB (403) 949-3655 Calgary, AB (403) 263-0619 Sherwood Park Antique Plaza & Home Asheford Institute of Antiques Kalyna Country Antique Tour Sherwood Park, AB (780) 416-6161 Toronto, ON (877) 444-4508 Alberta 1-888-452-5962 Springbank Antique Arms Attica Antiques Kuhn’s Kollectibles & Collectors Show Edmonton, AB (780) 452-4787 Elk Point, AB (780) 724-4434 Springbank, AB (403) 992-3330 Backstreet Gifts & Antiques Leduc Antique Mall Stavely Antiques & Confectionary Leduc, AB (780) 986-1940 Westerose, AB (780) 586-0733 Stavely, AB (403) 549-2220 Big Valley Antiques & Collectibles Light Up Your Life Swift Current Antique Show Big Valley, AB (403) 876-2161 Airdrie, AB (403) 243-4016 Swift Current, SK (306) 558-4802 Bud Haynes & Co. Auctioneers Ltd. MacGowan’s Old Wares & Antiques Te Papa Nui Antiques & Collectibles Red Deer, AB (403) 347-5855 Saskatoon, SK (306) 653-4033 Invermere, BC (250) 342-0707 Classic European Antiques Mildred’s Antiques Edmonton, AB 1-877-482-4414 Edmonton, AB (780) 438-0368 Vancouver Flea Market Cozy Cottage Interiors Neat Stuff Vancouver, BC (604) 685-8843 Calgary, AB (403) 238-2767 Drumheller, AB (403) 820-4608 Victoria & Albert Antiques & Echo’s Discontinued China & Silver Old Castle Collectibles Vancouver, BC 1-800-663-6004 Elk Point, AB (780) 724-4192 White Rock, BC (604) 536-2270 Edmonton Doll Club Show Old Farm, The Vintage Antiques Edmonton, AB (780) 485-3025 Cold Lake, AB (780) 594-5912 Edmonton, AB (780) 484-7265 Ever After Antiques & Collectibles Old Strathcona Antique Mall Vintage Stove Restoration Alberta Beach, AB (780) 237-3528 Edmonton, AB (780) 433-0398 Didsbury, AB (403) 335-3905 Hall’s Auction Services Ltd. Off Broadway Antiques Calgary, AB (403) 640-1244 Saskatoon, SK (306) 653-2969 Where On Earth …did you get that? Heirlooms Antiques Off the Wall Antiques Antique Mall Calgary, AB (403) 720-4100 (306) 244-7229 Airdrie, AB (403) 948-3669 HolmeHus Antiques Pieces of the Past Antiques Yesteryear Antiques Red Deer, AB (403) 347-0516 Wetaskiwin, AB (780) 352-2525 Red Deer, AB (403) 986-1430

34 • www.DiscoveringANTIQUES.com Old Strathcona Antique Mall Where the OLD is NEW again!

• Bigger & Better than ever! Gateway Blvd & 78 Avenue, • 27,000 square feet of Quality 10323 78 Ave. Edmonton, AB Antiques & Collectibles Right next to United Cycle. • over 300 Booths & 100 Vendors Open 7 Days a Week. 780.433.0398 www.oldstrathconamall.com

July/August 2010 • 35 Quality Consignments Always Welcome! Qualified Appraisers Onsite.

Always open for viewing at hallsauction.com 5240 1A St. SE Calgary AB 403-640-1244 [email protected]