Jeffrey S. Evans & Assoc., Inc.
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August 25, 2023: Summer Americana - Day Two

Fri, Aug 25, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Lot 1387

STAFFORDSHIRE AMERICAN HISTORICAL "BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD" TRANSFER-PRINTED CERAMIC PLATES, LOT OF TWO

Estimate: $100 - $150
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STAFFORDSHIRE AMERICAN HISTORICAL "BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD" TRANSFER-PRINTED CERAMIC PLATES, LOT OF TWO, each featuring industrial rail motifs surrounded by a shell border, comprising one having manned locomotive pulling four cars with homes in background, and other featuring carts being pulleyed up an incline to a building having a smokestack. Marks include blue printed eagle and shield mark, impressed eagle and shield with "E. WOOD & SONS / BURSLEM / WARRANTED / SEMI CHINA", and "WOOD". Enoch Wood & Sons, Burslem, England. 9 1/8" and 10 1/4" D.
Literature: The Armans - Historical Staffordshire, An Illustrated Check-List, p. 76, pl. #182 and p. 77, pl. #183; Transferware Collectors Club database patterns #901 and #3962.

Condition

Level railroad example having a moderate rim flake with some scattered scratches and glaze wear from use; incline example having an approximately 4" L hairline crack to rim with some minute glaze loss.

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From the William D. Annable estate, Oberlin, OH.