Decanter
- Object Name:
- Decanter
- Object ID:
- 1978.040
- Date:
- 1978
- Description:
- Decanter. Peppersass, Mount Washington Cog Railway. Commissioned by the New Hampshire State Liquor Commission. Molded porcelain. Bottle in shape of cog engine on an incline. Corked cap is the top of the smokestack. Engine is painted in green with dark gray smokestack, red wheels, and silver and gold highlights. Incline is green and black. Text on all sides of vessel. Marks on bottom: overglaze red "77 D"; red "CP"; underglaze black "4"; raised letters, "OMB LIQUOR BOTTLE / No - 83 1978 / ROYAL HALBURTON CHINA". Text under train: "6288 FEET TO TOP". On side of train: "PEPPERSASS / MT. WASHINGTON / COG RAILWAY". On side of base: "WORLD'S FIRST CLIMBING ENGINE 1869-1978". On back of train car: "OLD PEPPERSASS 1". On base on back: "NEW HAMPSHIRE".
Object Register:
A.) Bottle
B.) Cap - Material:
- Ceramic
Porcelain - Dimensions:
- H-8.6 W-8.9 D-3.65 inches
- Provenance:
- Gift of Costas S. Tentas, Chairman, New Hampshire State Liquor Commission.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Costas S. Tentas
- People:
- Tentas, Costas S. (1921-2011)
- Subjects:
- Ceramics, Cog railroads, Cog Railway, Decanters, Engines, Porcelain, Railroad locomotives, Railroad tracks, Railroads, Trains
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