Collection Highlights
Castle Garden, New York City
Date:
1859
Object Number:
1972.13
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate: B & O Railroad Potomac Valley
Object Number:
1955.261b
Date:
1925-1955
Medium:
Whiteware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 8 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 21.6 cm )
Marks:
printed: on reverse: "1827 1927/BALTIMORE AND OHIO/ RAILROAD/SCAMMELL'S/LAMBERTON CHINA/DESIGN PATENTED"
printed: on obverse: "POTOMAC VALLEY (train engines also named and dated)"
Description:
Whiteware plate with blue transfer printed train engine and border and view of railroad, canal, and river (Potomac Valley).
Gallery Label:
This plate is part of the Dauphin Collection of railroad china and dining car plates.
Credit Line:
Gift of Ms. Dora Whitman Fluekiger
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
