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Platter (Train with Engine #350)

Culture: American
Medium: Glass
Place Manufactured: USA
Dates: 1869
Dimensions: 1 x 12 x 8 7/8 in. (2.5 x 30.5 x 22.5 cm)
Inscriptions: Molded "350" in both a circle on front of engine car and a rectangular placard on coal bin car.
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 40.210
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. William Greig Walker by subscription
Image: Overall, 40.210.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004

Catalogue Description: Colorless pressed glass platter, general rectangular shape with canted corners. Center decorated with scene of the railroad engine #350 chugging through the landscape; two engineers ride in front car. Each side of the rim decorated with leaves in register with stippled ground. CONDITION: Good; few small chips along foot rim on underside, grayish substance along edge at one side.

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