Big-hat hatpins
The Golden Dog
Howard C. Scharfe and Marjorie Scharfe Hatpin Collection, The Golden Dog, Quebec (Je suis un chien qui rongelo")
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The Golden Dog. This hatpin of dog and bone, in sterling with a black enamel rectangle inset, is modeled from a bas-relief * in Quebec, above the post office entry, see it at ://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Golden_dog.jpg.
We have been asked if we know the value of this or any other hatpin. No, we don't. Some are on ebay (gossamer258751 a/k/a Tree of Knowledge Books) but our starting asking price is just to get things started. Too many do not have comparables.
The inscription starting from the 9:00 position, thinking of a clock here, is Quebec; then at 12:00 is, "Je suis un chien qui rongelo," meaning roughly, "I am a dog who gnaws," and at the 3:00 our hatpin has a date 1735, but that date is not on the bas-relief at that place. The date 1736 is below the whole thing, at the post office bas relief. The date of the story, however, is 1748? See below.
At bottom on the front of the hatpin and the bas-relief, at the 6:00 is the further inscription, for Francophiles: "en le rongeant, je prends mon repos en tems viendra qui nes pas venu que je morder qui mauda mordu," or something like that. Hard to tell the u's from the v's because all is v's.
Inscription: Have to look it up. What it means:
"I am a dog who gnaws his bone/ I crouch and gnaw it all alone/ The time will come which is not yet/ When I'll bite him by whom I'm bit."
Translation from ://books.google.com/books?id=0zbdUkJkm10C&pg=PA94&lpg=PA94&dq=Quebec+golden+dog+translate&source=web&ots=JdxmmSRUlu&sig=pSB07N-_mYHuj2dFpYB5LCGy9Tw&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result
The story: "Le Chien D'Or / The Golden Dog - A Legend of Quebec" was written by William Kirby (writer and man of many talents), see Kirby's biography at ://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=40948.
Information from that site: The book was published in 1877 by Lovell, Adam and Wesson & Co. NY and Montreal. It was beloved by Queen Victoria herself: a story of the New France, in 1748, before conquest by the British. With quirks and mistakes in copyright, Kirby received little for his efforts except fame, and later versions were unauthorized and abridged by others. It may even be impossible (?) to get a complete version any more. The New Canadian Library Series version 1969 is not it.
Try to find Pamphile leMay's, something out there reprinted in 1989? Still, think of the plot - New France as an Eden, one Francois Bigot as the Devil, destroying it and innocent people, and a tragic ending: good may only sometimes prevail, not always, and when it does, at huge cost, with enormous difficulty.
Backer, Golden Dog, Quebec hatpin
The backer: Still at it with the big magnifier. Tarnish and all, the inscription says, "A Dog Gnawing A Bone," and in line with the rod and partially covered by it, "Sterling." There is a hallmark on the left and the letter A on the right. Then: "While I am gnawing I take my rest _____ will come which is ________ soon when I will bite______________________."
Victorian Canada - "Old Quebec" was a frequent topic inAmerican and British literature and history of the times. See ://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3683/is_200410/ai_n9437655/pg_17
*Bas-relief: a "low-raised" technique, dimensional, but meant to be seen from one angle, not as a sculpture, with various views. See ://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/b/bas-relief.html
The Golden Dog
Howard C. Scharfe and Marjorie Scharfe Hatpin Collection, The Golden Dog, Quebec (Je suis un chien qui rongelo") .
The Golden Dog. This hatpin of dog and bone, in sterling with a black enamel rectangle inset, is modeled from a bas-relief * in Quebec, above the post office entry, see it at ://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Golden_dog.jpg.
We have been asked if we know the value of this or any other hatpin. No, we don't. Some are on ebay (gossamer258751 a/k/a Tree of Knowledge Books) but our starting asking price is just to get things started. Too many do not have comparables.
The inscription starting from the 9:00 position, thinking of a clock here, is Quebec; then at 12:00 is, "Je suis un chien qui rongelo," meaning roughly, "I am a dog who gnaws," and at the 3:00 our hatpin has a date 1735, but that date is not on the bas-relief at that place. The date 1736 is below the whole thing, at the post office bas relief. The date of the story, however, is 1748? See below.
At bottom on the front of the hatpin and the bas-relief, at the 6:00 is the further inscription, for Francophiles: "en le rongeant, je prends mon repos en tems viendra qui nes pas venu que je morder qui mauda mordu," or something like that. Hard to tell the u's from the v's because all is v's.
Inscription: Have to look it up. What it means:
"I am a dog who gnaws his bone/ I crouch and gnaw it all alone/ The time will come which is not yet/ When I'll bite him by whom I'm bit."
Translation from ://books.google.com/books?id=0zbdUkJkm10C&pg=PA94&lpg=PA94&dq=Quebec+golden+dog+translate&source=web&ots=JdxmmSRUlu&sig=pSB07N-_mYHuj2dFpYB5LCGy9Tw&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result
The story: "Le Chien D'Or / The Golden Dog - A Legend of Quebec" was written by William Kirby (writer and man of many talents), see Kirby's biography at ://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=40948.
Information from that site: The book was published in 1877 by Lovell, Adam and Wesson & Co. NY and Montreal. It was beloved by Queen Victoria herself: a story of the New France, in 1748, before conquest by the British. With quirks and mistakes in copyright, Kirby received little for his efforts except fame, and later versions were unauthorized and abridged by others. It may even be impossible (?) to get a complete version any more. The New Canadian Library Series version 1969 is not it.
Try to find Pamphile leMay's, something out there reprinted in 1989? Still, think of the plot - New France as an Eden, one Francois Bigot as the Devil, destroying it and innocent people, and a tragic ending: good may only sometimes prevail, not always, and when it does, at huge cost, with enormous difficulty.
Backer, Golden Dog, Quebec hatpin The backer: Still at it with the big magnifier. Tarnish and all, the inscription says, "A Dog Gnawing A Bone," and in line with the rod and partially covered by it, "Sterling." There is a hallmark on the left and the letter A on the right. Then: "While I am gnawing I take my rest _____ will come which is ________ soon when I will bite______________________."
Victorian Canada - "Old Quebec" was a frequent topic inAmerican and British literature and history of the times. See ://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3683/is_200410/ai_n9437655/pg_17
*Bas-relief: a "low-raised" technique, dimensional, but meant to be seen from one angle, not as a sculpture, with various views. See ://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/b/bas-relief.html
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