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The Bulls and Bears in the Market
1879
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Oil on linen
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Ashtray: Durango & Colorado
Object name
Ashtray: Durango & Colorado
Date
1948-1955
Medium
Whiteware
Dimensions
Overall: 1 x 6 in. ( 2.5 x 15.2 cm )
Description
Whiteware ashtray with red transfer printed railroad track border.
Credit Line
Gift of Ms. Dora Whitman Flukiger
Object Number
1955.239
Marks
typed: paper label on reverse: identifies railroad
printed: on reverse: "THE SAN JUAN/.../by/Vernon Kilns/U.S.A/Sketch from photographs by/ Lucius Beebe and the /Denver & Rio Grande Western R.R./Manufactured for/Jackson Hardware, Inc./Durango, Colorado"
printed: on obverse: "THE NARROW GAUGE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD/DURANGO COLORADO" and "The San Juan"
Gallery Label
This ashtray is part of the Hotel Dauphin Collection of railroad china and dining car plates.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
