Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate
Object Number:
1955.262
Date:
1930-1940
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 8 1/2 in. ( 1.9 x 21.6 cm )
Marks:
stamped: on reverse in red with buffalo; "BUFFALO/ CHINA/ MADE EXPRESSLY/ FOR/ N-Y-N-H & H-R-R/ FURNISHED BY/ ROMESON WINCHESTER/ BOSTON"
written: on tag on reverse; "New Haven RR/ (Started this / colection)/ June 1951"
stamped: on reverse in green; "F
Description:
Whiteware plate with gray rim; transfer-printed or decaled scene of gray steam engine and tender marked "NEW HAVEN" with two passenger cars superimpossed on a red map of the coast of New York and New England, with a three-masted sailing vessel at lower right, a whale at upper right, and a group of trees and mountains at upper left.
Credit Line:
Gift of Ms. Dora Whitman Flukiger
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.