Collection Highlights
Slant-front desk
Date:
1777-1794
Object Number:
1947.461
Medium:
Mahogany
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate: John Bull/1833
Object Number:
1955.223
Date:
1950-1955
Medium:
Whiteware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 10 in. ( 2.5 x 25.4 cm )
Marks:
printed: on reverse: "DECORATED/BY/DELANO STUDIOS/SETAUKET, L.I., N.Y." (beneath shield) and "JOHN BULL/ Built in England in 1831 and shipped to America In the Same Year/ For the Camdon & Amboy R.R. It was Later Rebuilt in 1833/ Oldest Locomotive Preserve
Description:
Whiteware plate with molded diaper and woven rim; overglaze transfer printed and enamelled view of train (John Bull).
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.
