Pot
One-gallon Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) stoneware pot with lid. It is covered with white glaze. A blue inscription is painted on the front with an illustration of the HBC logo, mimicking a coat of arms with cross, beaver, fox and moose. A Latin motto is inscribed in a ribbon. The lid has a knob-shaped handle on top.
- Accession Number 2022.26.36.1-2
- Fabricant / Éditeur Hudson's Bay Company
- Materials ceramics, stoneware
- Measurements 23,5 x 20,2 cm
Historical context
Produced by the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC), this stoneware pot with white glaze and blue coat of arms features a cross, beavers, foxes, moose and the Latin motto pro pelle cutem, meaning “skin for skin”, echoing the company’s activities.
Historically, HBC was a fur-trading company that had a major impact on aboriginal peoples. Founded in London in 1670 by two French coureurs des bois, Pierre-Esprit Radisson ...
- Accession Number 2022.26.36.1-2
- Fabricant / Éditeur Hudson's Bay Company
- Materials ceramics, stoneware
- Measurements 23,5 x 20,2 cm
© Pointe-à-Callière Collection, donation by Dave St-Martin, 2022.026.036.1-2
Photo by Victor Diaz Lamich
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