Currency of exchange
This silver trade beaver was used by the Hudson’s Bay Company to trade with the natives. With a stone (?) in the center.
- Accession Number 2021.59.72
- Period 1st quarter of the 19th century
- Materials glass?, metal, silver
- Technique cut, incised, welded
- Measurements 16 x 10 cm
Historical context
Founded on May 2, 1670, the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) is the oldest joint-stock company in the English-speaking world. Ironically, it was two Frenchmen who were behind its creation: the voyageurs and adventurers Pierre-Esprit Radisson and Médart Chouart des Groseillers. Without French support for their project, they proposed to Prince Rupert, cousin of the King of England, the creation of a company to trade furs with the natives i...
- Accession Number 2021.59.72
- Period 1st quarter of the 19th century
- Materials glass?, metal, silver
- Technique cut, incised, welded
- Measurements 16 x 10 cm
© Pointe-à-Callière Collection, donation by Jacques Lacaille, 2021.059.072
Photo by Michel Pinault
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