"Quake Memorabilia Mugs Presented to Bank of Nova Scotia"
Thirty
six of seventy two limited edition Collector’s items were presented to Heather Goldson,
Vice President, Marketing at the Bank of Nova Scotia, by Vivian Crawford, Executive
Director, Institute of Jamaica at a ceremony on Wednesday, January 23, 2008.
January 2007 marked the centenary of the Great Earthquake and Fire that destroyed
the city of Kingston. In commemoration of this historic milestone, the Museums of
History and Ethnography curated an exhibition titled,
“Quake”
during the period January 14 to June, 2007.
Like
the Institute of Jamaica, the Bank of Nova Scotia was one of few pre-existing institutions
at the time of the earthquake, having had a branch in Downtown Kingston since 1889,
the IOJ since 1879.
In recognition of the centenary of the Great Earthquake and Fire of 1907, the Development
and Public Relations Department of the IOJ whose responsibility it is to produce
appropriate commemorative memorabilia approached the BNS for sponsorship of the
stoneware mugs due to shared longevity in the community and as a celebration of
triumph of the existence of the two institutions.
The
Quake Mystique mugs are appropriately suited as a commemorative
earthquake memorabilia. The mugs have a patented colour surface, and through a thermochromatic
sublimation process, the hidden clue or image, in this case, the image of the Ban
k of Nova Scotia Building, 35-45 King Street is obscured when the mug is empty.
However when hot liquid is poured into the mug, the colour code changes and the
hidden message and image becomes clearly visible. On cooling, the mug returns to
its original state.
The remainder will be on sale at the IOJ. For further information,
contact the Institute of Jamaica at 922-0620-6 ext. 279.