American. <em>Platter (Train with Engine #350)</em>, ca. 1885. Glass, 1 x 12 x 8 7/8 in. (2.5 x 30.5 x 22.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. William Greig Walker by subscription, 40.210. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 40.210.jpg)

American. Platter (Train with Engine #350), ca. 1885. Glass, 1 x 12 x 8 7/8 in. (2.5 x 30.5 x 22.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. William Greig Walker by subscription, 40.210. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 40.210.jpg)

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Platter (Train with Engine #350)

Decorative Arts and Design

On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor

CULTURE American

MAKER Attributed to Canton Glass Company, American, (1883–after 1999)

MEDIUM Glass

Place Made: Canton, Ohio, United States

DATES ca. 1885

DIMENSIONS 1 x 12 x 8 7/8 in. (2.5 x 30.5 x 22.5 cm) (show scale)

INSCRIPTIONS Molded "350" in both a circle on front of engine car and a rectangular placard on coal bin car.

COLLECTIONS Decorative Arts and Design

ACCESSION NUMBER 40.210

CREDIT LINE Gift of Mrs. William Greig Walker by subscription

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. This platter commemorates the completion of the transcontinental railroad on May 10, 1869, when the tracks met at Promontory Point, Utah. The engine on the platter is Union Pacific engine #350

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor

CAPTION American. Platter (Train with Engine #350), ca. 1885. Glass, 1 x 12 x 8 7/8 in. (2.5 x 30.5 x 22.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. William Greig Walker by subscription, 40.210. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 40.210.jpg)

IMAGE overall, 40.210.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004

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