The Material Legacy

Trail's End bookends
	category household family_branch Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice provenance thought to be a gift to Alton and Beatrice Cardinal around 1947, household of Alton and Beatrice Cardinal prior to 1955, then household of Peter Cardinal maker_mark paper tags on the bottom read "Fashioned by RONSON" and "RONSON ALL METAL ART WARES" with the stamped number 11478 condition excellent disposition currently owned as of January 2014
Wooden spoons
	category household family_branch Cardinal_Alton_Beatrice provenance made by Alton Cardinal, probably in 1970s or 1980s; household of Beatrice Cardinal then household of Peter Cardinal note 2 spoons, likely carved at different periods of artist's development condition excellent disposition currently owned as of April 2015
Shallow wooden bowl
	category art family_branch Cardinal_Alton provenance made by Alton Cardinal in 1991, household of Alton and Beatrice Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal condition good except chip out of rim maker_mark "BOWL OF CHERRY", "ALC", "1991" disposition currently owned as of June 2014
Bedroom set mirror
	category household family_branch Cardinal_Gilbert provenance household of Gilbert and Lillie Cardinal from 1901, remaining in house after their deaths until 1985, then household of Alton Cardinal, then household of Peter Cardinal notebook_reference OldThings.html#bedroom Bedroom Set The set – bed, dresser, comode – was new when my parents (Gilbert and Lillie Cardinal) were married in 1901. The bed no longer exists. The set is made of cherry wood. The dresser originally had a mirror in a frame so that the mirror could be tilted. My mother removed the frame and hung the mirror on the wall in the 1920's. The frame is gone, but the mirror was left in attic at 132 S. Oneida St. until Carl Sippel gave it to me in 1985. The bevel-edge mirror has a broken-out section which my mother concealled with picture post cards. disposition currently owned as of January 2014
Spoon
(no photo)	category household family_branch Cardinal_Gilbert provenance unknown notebook_reference OldThings.html#orange_spoon Orange spoon For eating oranges cut in half. disposition unknown
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