Collection Highlights
Study of Four Tree Trunks (Three Birches)
ca. 1855
1918.325
Graphite with scratching out on beige paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate
Object name
Plate
Date
1820-1840
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 1 x 10 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 26 cm )
Description
Molded pearlware plate transfer-printed in dark blue; shell border; central image of Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, showing locomotive pulling train cars through countryside.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number
1940.156
Marks
printed: in blue on underside of plate: "E PLURIBUS UNUM" in banner with eagle and shield, and "THE BALTIMORE & OHIO RAIL ROAD" below
impressed: on underside of plate: "E. WOOD & SONS BURSLEM WARRANTED" and "SEMI CHINA" around eagle
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
