Ashtray shaped like an artist's palette
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1930-1955
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 5/8 x 5 3/8 x 4 3/4 x 5 in. ( 1.6 x 13.7 x 12.1 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Molded ashtray shaped like an artist's palette with black transfer printed view of two steam engines and train cars on suspended tracks travelling across a landscape; the transfer print is filled in with hand painted overglaze in brown, blue-green, yellow, and other colors; there are traces of gold luster around part of the rim.
Credit Line:
Gift of Ms. Dora Whitman Flukiger
Object Number:
1955.241
Marks:
printed: in black on back: "Made in Germany"
printed: in black on front and on bottom view: "Mt. Clay and Jacob's Ladder"
Gallery Label:
This dish is part of the Hotel Dauphin Collection of railroad china and dining car plates; this is possibly a souvenir ashtray.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1955
eMuseum Object ID:
36852
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ashtray: Durango & Colorado
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1930-1955
Medium:
Whiteware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 6 in. ( 2.5 x 15.2 cm )
Description:
Whiteware ashtray with red transfer printed railroad track border.
Credit Line:
Gift of Ms. Dora Whitman Flukiger
Object Number:
1955.240
Marks:
typed: paper label on reverse: identifies railroad
printed: on reverse: "EMMA SWENNEY/by/Vernon Kilns/U.S.A"
printed: on obverse: "THE NARROW GAUGE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD/DURANGO, COLORADO" and "THE 'EMMA SWEENEY'/STAR OF/'TICKET TO TOMAHAWK'/FILMED IN D
Gallery Label:
This ashtray is part of the Hotel Dauphin Collection of railroad china and dining car plates.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1955
eMuseum Object ID:
36849
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ashtray: The Galloping Goose
Classification:
Date:
1948-1955
Medium:
Whiteware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 6 in. ( 2.5 x 15.2 cm )
Description:
Whiteware ashtray with red transfer printed railroad track border.
Credit Line:
Gift of Ms. Dora Whitman Flukiger
Object Number:
1955.238
Marks:
printed: on reverse: "THE GALLOPING GOOSE/.../Plate manufactured for/Jackson Hardware, Inc./Durango, Colorado/Vernon Kilns/U.S.A"
printed: on obverse: "THE GALLOPING GOOSE"
typed: paper label on reverse: identifies railroad
Gallery Label:
This ashtray is part of the Hotel Dauphin Collection of railroad china and dining car plates.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1955
eMuseum Object ID:
36848
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1930-1955
Medium:
Whiteware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 11 in. ( 2.5 x 27.9 cm )
Description:
Whiteware plate with green band border and brown transfer printed of Southwestern building.
Credit Line:
Gift of Ms. Dora Whitman Flukiger
Object Number:
1955.216
Marks:
printed: on reverse: "Ye Olde/IVORY/Buffalo China" (beneath lantern) and "MADE IN U.S.A/6-11"
typed: paper label on reverse: identifies railroad
Gallery Label:
This plate is part of the Hotel Dauphin Collection of railroad china and dining car plates.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1955
eMuseum Object ID:
36845
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate: C M & O
Classification:
Date:
1948-1955
Medium:
Whiteware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 10 1/8 in. ( 2.5 x 25.7 cm )
Description:
Whiteware plate with pink band border and pink leaves.
Credit Line:
Gift of Ms. Dora Whitman Fluekiger
Object Number:
1955.215
Marks:
printed: on reverse: "10-FF/SYRACUSE/China/U.S.A"
printed: on obverse: "G M & O"
typed: paper label on reverse: identifies railroad
Gallery Label:
This plate is part of the Hotel Dauphin Collection of railroad china and dining car plates.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1955
eMuseum Object ID:
36844
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Custard cup and cover
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1790
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. ( 8.9 x 9.5 x 7 cm )
Description:
Porcelain custard cups and covers with gilded berry knop and reeded, interlaced strap handles terminating in molded floral sprays; the border is composed of a gilded band at the rim, bounded in turn by a blue enamel band, which is in turn bounded by a rust band with gold dots, again bounded by a gold line with painted waves; at the top of each wave is a blue diamond; between the diamonds are blue dots; the cover's border is composed of interlaced bands of blue and gilded rust husks and a plain gold vine; on one side of the cup is a gilded, blue enamel floral spray.
Object Number:
INV.14991ab-14992ab
Gallery Label:
These custard cups are part of a larger set.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1790
eMuseum Object ID:
36841
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tureen and cover
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1790
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. ( 14 x 19 x 14 cm )
Description:
Porcelain tureen with reeded interlacing strap handles terminating in blue enamel molded leaves into gilding; fruit knop on cover; the border pattern is composed of a gilded band at the rim, bounded in turn by a blue enamel band, which is in turn bounded within by a rust band with gold dots, again bounded by a gold line with painted waves; at the tip of each wave is a blue diamond; between the diamonds are blue dots; the secondary border is composed of interlaced bands of blue and gilded rust husks and a plain gold vine; at the center of each side is a gilded blue enamel floral spray.
Object Number:
INV.13208ab
Gallery Label:
This tureen is part of a larger set.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1790
eMuseum Object ID:
36840
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1790
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 11 1/8 x 8 7/8 in. ( 2.5 x 28.3 x 22.5 cm )
Description:
Porcelain oval serving plate; the border pattern is composed of a gilded band at the rim, bounded in turn by a blue enamel band, which is in turn bounded within by a rust band with gold dots, again bounded by a gold line with painted waves; at the tip of each wave is a blue diamond; between the diamonds are blue dots; the exterior border is composed of interlaced bands of blue and gilded rust husks and a plain gold vine; at the center is a gilded blue enamel floral spray.
Object Number:
INV.13225-13236
Gallery Label:
These plates are part of a larger set.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1790
eMuseum Object ID:
36839
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1790
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 8 x 6 in. ( 1.9 x 20.3 x 15.2 cm )
Description:
Porcelain small oval plate; the border pattern is composed of a gilded band at the rim, bounded in turn by a blue enamel band, which is in turn bounded within by a rust band with gold dots, again bounded by a gold line with painted waves; at the tip of each wave is a blue diamond; between the diamonds are blue dots; the exterior border is composed of interlaced bands of blue and gilded rust husks and a plain gold vine; at the center is a gilded blue enamel floral spray.
Object Number:
INV.13238
Gallery Label:
This plate is part of a larger set.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1790
eMuseum Object ID:
36838
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cup and saucer
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1930-1950
Medium:
Whiteware
Dimensions:
cup: 2 1/2 x 3 1/4 x 2 3/8 in. ( 6.4 x 8.3 x 6 cm )
saucer: 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. ( 1.9 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Whiteware cup and saucer with green and gilt zig-zag border.
Credit Line:
Gift of Ms. Dora Whitman Fluekiger in memory of Florence Elsworth Wilson
Object Number:
1955.257ab
Marks:
printed: on reverse of saucer and beneath cup base: "READING/NEW JERSEY CENTRAL/M/CHINA/L"
Gallery Label:
This cup and saucer are part of the Hotel Dauphin Collection of Railroad China and dining car plates.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
36837
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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