Collection Highlights
Decanter and stopper
1823-1845
1936.696ab
Glass
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Ashtray: The Galloping Goose
Object name
Ashtray: The Galloping Goose
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
1955.238
Marks
printed: on reverse: "THE GALLOPING GOOSE/.../Plate manufactured for/Jackson Hardware, Inc./Durango, Colorado/Vernon Kilns/U.S.A"
printed: on obverse: "THE GALLOPING GOOSE"
typed: paper label on reverse: identifies railroad
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.
