Leonard Slipp Candlesticks

Leonard Slipp Candlesticks – Courtesy New Brunswick Museum Ref. 1950-97(1)-lo-res

Mondo Slipp

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Loyalist Slip family artifacts

These pages are from: A. Gregg Finley, The Loyalists: A catalogue featuring selected pieces of Loyalist history from the collections of The New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, N.B.: The New Brunswick Museum, 1975.

If you have the book, please scan the images and we can have a decent posting of them online (these photocopies [...]

Quilts and Fancy Work

Hi folks

I’d like to start off this topic with a quilt my grandmother, Daisy MARIE McQuinn (nee Branscombe) made for me. She made quilts for several of her grandchildren, and was very active in quilting bees with other ladies in Penobsquis, New Brunswick. I don’t know whether she made any other Crazy Quilts, [...]

Conservation of Heirlooms

Hi everyone,

It’s great to be seeing photos of samplers and other family heirlooms that are in our possession.

I expect most of us know the importance of (a) having professional advice or help with any restoration work,  (b) using conservation glass to protect photos, artwork, samplers, diplomas, etc from damage by sunlight and [...]