Rockwood / Kingston Psychiatric Hospital / Providence Continuing Care Centre Collection
Category
Commemorative and Communication Artifacts
Nursing
Ceremonial
Classification
Commemorative
Nursing
Ceremonial
Accession Number
000003413 a-b
Description
Candleholder (a) made of cream porcelain in the shape of an almond-shaped oil lamp with a handle at one end, round hollowed base and a round hole in the tip made to hold a candle; slightly raised scroll design along both sides; includes a short narrow white wax candle (b).
Candleholder (a) made of cream porcelain in the shape of an almond-shaped oil lamp with a handle at one end, round hollowed base and a round hole in the tip made to hold a candle; slightly raised scroll design along both sides; includes a short narrow white wax candle (b).
Number Of Parts
2
Part Names
a - lamp - Size: Length 12.0 cm x Depth 8.4 cm
b - candle - Size: Length 10.0 cm x Diam. 0.5 cm
Provenance
Used in capping ceremonies for graduates of the Kingston Psychiatric Hospital School of Nursing.
Dates
1920
1930
circa 1920-1930
Date Remarks
Date based on donor's remarks
Material
porcelain: cream
wax: white
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-C5-3
Condition Remarks
Porcelain is discoloured
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Article
Reference Comments
Pamela Peacock, "KGH: 175 years of caring - Capping Ceremony: A symbolic milestone," Friday, September 27, 2013. KHSC Connect. https://kingstonhsc.ca/khscconnect/news/kgh-175-years-caring-capping-ceremony-symbolic-milestone
Research Facts
A white porcelain candleholder with small wax candle was given to each nursing student at the "nurses lamp lighting ceremony", which was held at the completion of the six-month probationary period. The lamp design was modeled after lamps used by Florence Nightingale. Nursing School added their school name / logo on the lamp as a commemoration of the occasion. Each nursing school had a variant of the basic ceremony held at specified times in the training of a nurse.