Collection Highlights
Common Sense
Date:
1776
Object Number:
LIB.Y1776.Paine.com
Medium:
Pamphlet, paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate: "The 400"
Object Number:
1955.211
Date:
1950-1955
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 10 1/2 in. ( 2.2 x 26.7 cm )
Marks:
printed: in red below train: "The 400"
printed: in blue on reverse: "SHENANGO CHINA/ NEW CASTLE PA."; "The Famous "400"/ BUILT WITH IMAGINATION. . . A SUPREME ACHIEVEMENT OF ENGINEERING GENIUS AND DECORATIVE ORIGINALITY . . . A TRAIN WORTHY TO CARRY ON T
Description:
Molded circular whiteware plate printed in black with scene of train in landscape; painted with yellow, brown, and green enamel; inscriptions on front and back.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dora Whitman Flukiger
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
