Collection Highlights
"A Visit from St. Nicholas"
Date:
1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Moore.1
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate: Double-end Tank Locomotive
Object Number:
1955.227
Date:
ca. 1930-1955
Medium:
Whiteware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 8 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 21 cm )
Marks:
printed: on obverse: "DOUBLE TANK LOCOMOTIVE"
typed: paper label on reverse: identifies railroad
Description:
Whiteware plate with molded gadrooning gilt at edge; black overglaze transfer printed locomotive (or train) enamelled in green, blue, red, and yellow.
Gallery Label:
This plate is part of the Hotel Dauphin Collection of railroad china and dining car plates.
Credit Line:
Gift of Ms. Dora Whitman Fluekiger in memory of Florence Elsworth Wilson (Mrs. R. Thornton Wilson)
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
