Collection Highlights
Minaret Turkish Cigarettes
Date:
Object Number:
PR.031.111.AMER.MIN
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Serving dish: Cumberland Narrow
Object Number:
1955.261f
Date:
1925-1955
Medium:
Whiteware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 11 1/2 x 8 1/8 in. ( 2.5 x 29.2 x 20.6 cm )
Marks:
printed: on reverse: "1827 1927/BALTIMORE AND OHIO/RAILROAD/SCAMMELL'S/LAMBERTON CHINA/DESIGN PATENTED"
printed: on obverse: "CUMBERLAND NARROWS (train engines also named and dated)
Description:
Oval whiteware dish; blue transfer printed train and engine border and view of railroad bridge spanning the Cumberland Narrows.
Gallery Label:
This plate is part of the Dauphin Collection of railroad china and dining car plates.
Credit Line:
Gift of Ms. Dora Whitman Flukiger
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
