Tray, Serving
- Object Name:
- Tray, Serving
- Object ID:
- 1945.031.22
- Place of Origin:
- England (?)
- Date:
- circa 1840
- Description:
- Tray, tin. Rectangular tray with rounded corners, rolled sides and wire-rolled edge. Painted black overall with elaborate stencilled design, in polychrome. Scene in center of early railroad train with three coach-like cars moving through a landscape with rocks, trees, fence, and man, woman, child, and dog looking on. Side stencilled with conventionalized flowers, leaves, and scrolls in panels. Design stencilled in bronze, colors "floated" on. Design probably commemorative of the Manchester and Liverpool Railway, c. 1820.
- Material:
- Metal
Tin - Dimensions:
- H-1 W-15.1 L-20.1 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Mary Bell Willson
- Subjects:
- Trays, Railroads, Railroad locomotives, Trains, Locomotives, Dogs, Flowers
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