AMERICAN SHENANGO CHINA BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD CERAMIC TABLE ARTICLES, LOT OF 18,
each featuring blue transfer railway scenes including five 10 3/8" D service plates featuring "HARPER'S FERRY, W. VA.", three 6 3/8" D plates and three 6 1/4" D bowls with "CARROLLTON VIADUCT, 1829", one 6 3/4" D plate depicting "THOMAS VIADUCT, 1835.", an ovoid celery dish with "CHEAT RIVER" landscape image, two cups and a creamer featuring old railway vehicles, and two butter pats having "HORSE DRAWN CAR 1830". Marks to underside include blue-printed "1827 1927 / BALTIMORE AND OHIO / RAILROAD / SHENANGO CHINA / NEW CASTLE, PA." and black-printed outline of an indigenous potter with "SHENANGO / CHINA U.S.A. / BY INTERPACE".
Shenango China, New Castle, PA.
Circa 1915.
27 5/8" HOA, jardiniere 9 3/4" D rim.
Provenance: From the private collection of Jack D. Smith, Rockville, MD.
Condition
Sixteen undamaged; one cup with faint rim hairline; "Thomas Viaduct" plate with very faint radial hairline to underside and some usage wear including light short scattered scratches.
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