Tooth with Brass Capping Brooch
Date1885
Dimensions7 × 4 × 2.5 cm (7 × 4 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. John Cronyn, London, Ontario, 2003.
Object number2003.024.005
Label TextLondoner Catherine Cronyn (1868-1938) received this buffalo tooth brooch from her brother, Hume Blake Cronyn (1865-1933). A member of the Queen’s Own Rifles, he collected the tooth as a souvenir of his participation in the 1885 Northwest Resistance.
NameBrooch
1914 - 1914
c. 1870-1885
The International Stationery Co., Picton, Canada