Collection Highlights
Balustrade from Federal Hall, New York
1788-1789
1884.3
Painted wrought iron
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Dish
Object name
Dish
Date
1940-1950
Medium
Whiteware
Dimensions
Overall: 1 1/2 x 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. ( 3.8 x 19.7 x 14 cm )
Description
Set of four molded whiteware dishes, each representing a raised and painted image of a locomotive, and each plate has pierced holes for wall mounting
Credit Line
Gift of Ms. Dora Whitman Fluekiger in memory of Florence Elsworth Wilson
Object Number
1955.234
Marks
impressed: on front: "CENTRAL R.R. OF NEW JERSEY/ 1870" and "STAR"
Gallery Label
The "Star" was a 'superintendent' or an inspection engine rebuilt from an 1860 Danforth- Cooke locomotive at the company's Elizabethport shops.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
