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One more clue to Skeena River tea cup mystery

Longtime Terrace Co-op employee digs out tea cup twin
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Long-term Terrace resident Gloria Cote has dug up a clue to help in the quest for information on a unique Skeena River tea cup.

When found recently, the piece of china made members of a local heritage society look twice and wonder, who would take a picture of the Skeena, send that picture to an England tea cup manufacturer, and then have it sent back? How did this cup and saucer travel safely to Terrace? Are there others like it?

After reading about the discovery in the Terrace Standard Cote made an instant connection to a similar piece of china that lay buried in storage. She dug it out and brought it to Terrace Heritage Day.

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The twin cup has a strikingly similar image of the Skeena River, and although it has no saucer, it has an added etching saying it was made “Exclusively for Terrace Co-op.”

Cote is known by many in the community for the years she worked at the Terrace Co-op, from 1957 to 1964, and again from 1977 to 1992, but has no specific recollection of where the cup came from.

Vintage Pairing owner Maria Koerner says many residents have approached her since the story was first published, and most believe the cup was likely crafted in 1958 or 1959 in honour of the Queen’s coming to Terrace that year.

Vintage Pairing and the Heritage Park Museum are partnering for a Skeena Tea Cup event on April 3, inviting people to bring their own tea cups and perhaps find another lead.


 


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