Collection Highlights
Badge of the Society of the Cincinnati
ca. 1802
1972.12ab
Silk, gold, enamel
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Cup and saucer
Object name
Cup and saucer
Date
1880-1920
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
cup: 2 1/2 x 3 1/8 x 2 1/8 in. ( 6.4 x 7.9 x 5.4 cm )
saucer: 3/4 x 4 5/8 in. ( 1.9 x 11.7 cm )
Description
Earthenware cup and saucer with black transfer printed toothed border and view of locomotive or cars in pastoral landscape filled-in with yellow, green, and red underglaze.
Credit Line
Gift of Ms. Dora Whitman Fluekiger in memory of Florence Elsworth Wilson (Mrs. R. Thornton Wilson)
Object Number
1955.228cd
Marks
printed: on reverse of saucer and beneath cup base: "RAILWAY/MADE IN/ENGLAND/FOR/P.V."
Gallery Label
This plate is part of the Hotel Dauphin Collection of railroad china and dining car plates.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
