Collection Highlights
Parure
ca. 1820
1920.11-17
Cut steel
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Cup
Object name
Cup
Date
1925-1955
Medium
Whiteware
Dimensions
Overall: 1/2 x 4 3/8 in. ( 1.3 x 11.1 cm )
Description
Shallow whiteware cup printed blue with three images of railroad.
Credit Line
Gift of Ms. Dora Whitman Fluekiger
Object Number
1955.261h
Marks
printed: on exterior: "HORSE DRAWN CAR 1830"; "LAID JULY 4,1828" ; "THE PHILIP E. THOMAS 1838"
printed: on reverse with capital dome: "1827 1927/BALTIMORE AND OHIO/RAILROAD/SCAMMELL'S/LAMBERTON CHINA/DESIGN PATENTED"
Gallery Label
This cup is part of the Dauphin Collection of railroad china and dining car plates.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.